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Re: Surreal Films

meccalecca — Thu, 15 May 2014 17:02:26 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 05/15/2014 21:02

Listmeister wrote:

Anything by Tarsem, especially:
The Cell
Immortals
Mirror Mirror

I would actually say The Fall is probably the best movie he's done.

Guy Maddin's films are a refreshing brand of surrealism. I'd suggest My Winnipeg or Saddest Music in the World as a starting point.

Re: Surreal Films

Listmeister — Thu, 15 May 2014 16:30:49 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 05/15/2014 20:30

I've always loved the Dreamscape genre, and wished they would make more. Here are my favorites.

Dreamscape
Fantastic Planet
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Inception

Anything by Tarsem, especially:
The Cell
Immortals
Mirror Mirror

Re: Surreal Films

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:05:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/28/2014 16:05

ButterThumbz wrote:

Alice by Jan Švankmajer. It's unrated and it's been sometime since I've seen it but I seem to recall some disturbing imagery that might be a little unnerving for young kids.

LOVE Alice. Can't remember who introduced it to me, but it was definitely through BEA. So thank you for that.

Re: Surreal Films

SingingPeasant96 — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:38:07 GMT

Author: SingingPeasant96

Posted: 04/28/2014 13:38

Phantom of Liberty and Sarragossa Manuscript

Re: Surreal Films

Anonymous — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 02:01:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/28/2014 06:01

Alice is the absolute shit. (I also highly recommend Švankmajer's Lesson Faust and any of his short films.)

Argh curse my phone and it's inability to easily link videos. I'll be back with some faves next time I have access to a computer. I'm a bit of a surrealism junkie

Re: Surreal Films

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 18:40:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/27/2014 22:40

ButterThumbz wrote:

Alice by Jan Švankmajer.

I adore this movie. A favourite of DBZ and I's. Don't recall it being surreal as much as kind of darkly whimsical...feels like the thrown away things in the corners of rooms coming to life...like some demented version of Toy Story...love it so. Anyways, this thread should come in handy since surrealism is something that appeals to me. 😄

Re: Surreal Films

ButterThumbz — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 06:34:15 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 04/27/2014 10:34

Alice by Jan Švankmajer. It's unrated and it's been sometime since I've seen it but I seem to recall some disturbing imagery that might be a little unnerving for young kids.

Link

And surely this qualifies...

Link

Re: Surreal Films

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 05:36:20 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/27/2014 09:36

Anything by Maya Deren

Re: Surreal Films

benpaco — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 17:39:05 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 04/26/2014 21:39

The whole Orphic trilogy is probably quite good, though I've only ever seen Orpheus and a few scenes from The Blood of a Poet. We watched L'Étoile de mer in Hebrew school (I believe it was an uncut version, not 100%) and while everyone else was confused I was really interested. Lastly, Destino remains surprisingly poorly known, but is alright at least (not great but somewhat interesting to see how animation can be saved)

Re: Surreal Films

Norman Bates — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:03:17 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 04/26/2014 20:03

The Fall of the House of Usher by Jean Epstein.

Surreal Films

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:00:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 04/26/2014 20:00

I've long been a casual fan of surrealism, but I'm always on the lookout for more films to watch that incorporate the style. Thus, I figured I'd just open up two questions to the BEA lounge: One, what are some of your favorite surreal films?

Second, what would be some good ones to show to mixed company? You know, possibility of kids or youngish people there. These films don't need to be G-rated or anything that tame, just not quite to the Jodorowsky level of graphic content.