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RaveOn · 03-24-2006, 12:50 PM

'Pink Flamingoes' from the one and only, John Waters.

I found it to be both disturbing and hilarious. Warning: its not for the faint of heart!

I would like to hear others opinions of weird and unusual movies that they have seen.

Drella · 03-24-2006, 01:10 PM

Short films included?

I like Pink Flamingos, but I enjoy Female Trouble more. I like the idea of the horrendously ugly and sinister woman being revered for her beauty.

The weirdest film is Un Chien Andalou. It is truly an amazing film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. It's a short silent film, but it has a lot of captivating imagery. Luis Bunuel said that he almost vomited as he sliced the eye open. Watching the liquid drain out still makes me wince.

Even Dwarfs Started Small is "weird" to most people, but I find it to be an interesting story about rebellion and chaos.

RaveOn · 03-24-2006, 01:24 PM

I like Pink Flamingos, but I enjoy Female Trouble more. I like the idea of the horrendously ugly and sinister woman being revered for her beauty.

'Female Trouble' is my favorite John Waters movie.

I actually got to know Edith Massey, who starred in several of his films when she still lived here in Baltimore.

zombiesatemyhappycells · 03-24-2006, 01:32 PM

Vulgar is the story about a low life party clown who gets raped and his quest for revenge.Need I say more?

zombiesatemyhappycells · 03-24-2006, 01:51 PM

ooo almost forgot... Happiness.If you can stomach it...one of the characters is a psychiatrist who...ahem... drugs his family to molest his 12 yr old sons friends.the movie is very funny,very ****ed up,with a neat little message in it.

Melusine · 03-24-2006, 02:04 PM

Just a few off the top of my head.
Fantasia
Dumbo
The Neverending Story
I know they aren't exactly 'shock worthy' but i still think they are pretty bizzare movies, as with most disney films.

nothing to fear · 03-24-2006, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Drella's_Rock_Follies

The weirdest film is Un Chien Andalou. It is truly an amazing film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. It's a short silent film, but it has a lot of captivating imagery. Luis Bunuel said that he almost vomited as he sliced the eye open. Watching the liquid drain out still makes me wince.

wanna grow up to be, be a debaser!

James of Maine · 03-24-2006, 03:04 PM

Some weird postmodernist French film from the 60's. I don't remember the title. I saw it on IFC years and years ago. It was apparently about a band of student radicals or something. The main thing I remember was a scene where the actors slaughtered a live pig on camera. I have no idea what the context was, or if there really was even a context.

Amocholes · 03-24-2006, 03:33 PM

Koyaanisquati

Violette · 03-24-2006, 03:40 PM

Van Helsing - just saw the trailer but that was totally bizarre

AppleEatsWorm · 03-24-2006, 03:53 PM

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The weirdest film is Un Chien Andalou. It is truly an amazing film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. It's a short silent film, but it has a lot of captivating imagery. Luis Bunuel said that he almost vomited as he sliced the eye open. Watching the liquid drain out still makes me wince.

wanna grow up to be, be a debaser!

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ah yes the movie that inspired that Pixies song!

Amocholes · 03-24-2006, 03:57 PM

Van Helsing was just your average action movie with vampires and werewolvves thrown in.

Drella · 03-24-2006, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by "Drella's_Rock_Follies":a5b30

The weirdest film is Un Chien Andalou. It is truly an amazing film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. It's a short silent film, but it has a lot of captivating imagery. Luis Bunuel said that he almost vomited as he sliced the eye open. Watching the liquid drain out still makes me wince.

wanna grow up to be, be a debaser!

ah yes the movie that inspired that Pixies song!

Well, now I finally know where "slicing up eyeballs" comes from... though I think I would've preferred not to have known! When I first read that post I assumed it was an eyeball from a dead person or something, that had already been gouged out of the socket. But I just did a bit of a small search, and from what I read(before I could bear no more!), a woman sat and voluntarily had her eyeball slashed??? Maybe I'm totally misunderstanding but I'm too squeamish to look again, so can someone clarify without going into too much detail?![/quote:a5b30]
No.. no one sat and let his/her eye be sliced open. It was actually a dead cow.

I've never heard the Pixies song about the film. I didn't know it existed.

umbrellagirl1980 · 03-24-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Drella's_Rock_Follies

The weirdest film is Un Chien Andalou. It is truly an amazing film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. It's a short silent film, but it has a lot of captivating imagery.

we had to watch and write about this film as part of the final exam in an art history class i took. yeah, it was pretty weird. finding coherent, intelligent things to say about it on the spot was pretty hard.

i didn't know that pixies song was about this. the lyrics are kind of odd, makes sense i guess.

tewstroke · 03-24-2006, 05:23 PM

The Idiots- a foreign film I saw on IFC, wtf?
The Royal Tennenbaums- I didn't like it, not because it was weird though
Raising Arizona- I liked it

RaveOn · 03-24-2006, 06:39 PM

'Crumb' -

Documentary about underground comic artist Robert Crumb.
If you think you come from a dysfunctional family watch this and you will feel normal.

NewWorldOrder · 03-24-2006, 07:26 PM

The Rocky Horror Picture Show... I don't know.

suppressed · 03-24-2006, 07:34 PM

I know there is others that I'm to lazy to think of right now .. but the most recent that comes to mind is "stay" I saw it in the theatre .. I left the theatre completely STUMPED

... its weird because in a way I felt like I really enjoyed it and it was a good movie despite the fact that it made absolutely no sense to me

... everytime I thought I made sense of things it would take a flop and I was confused all over again!!!

.. maybe I was missing something I don't know

.. but I think it was pretty bizarre

OnyxHeart · 03-24-2006, 07:42 PM

"Salo: 120 Days in Sodom"

A VERY disturbing foreign film

AliBaba · 03-24-2006, 08:54 PM

Hmmm, I'd say Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas ranks as pretty bizarre. Although if you've read any of Hunter Thompson's books it makes some kind of sense. I'd say Pi or pretty much anything else directed by Darren Aronofsky. Spike Jonze normally gives you something different (Being John Malkovich & Adaptation).

I don't thing anything tops Un Chien Andalou though. That's a pretty good call

Matt

03-24-2006, 12:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
RaveOn Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 42/m Maryland Posts: 118	What is the most bizarre film you have ever seen? 'Pink Flamingoes' from the one and only, John Waters. I found it to be both disturbing and hilarious. Warning: its not for the faint of heart! I would like to hear others opinions of weird and unusual movies that they have seen. __________________ "A mans gotta know his limitations." - Harry Callahan

03-24-2006, 01:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
RaveOn Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 42/m Maryland Posts: 118	I like Pink Flamingos, but I enjoy Female Trouble more. I like the idea of the horrendously ugly and sinister woman being revered for her beauty. 'Female Trouble' is my favorite John Waters movie. I actually got to know Edith Massey, who starred in several of his films when she still lived here in Baltimore. __________________ "A mans gotta know his limitations." - Harry Callahan

03-24-2006, 01:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
zombiesatemyhappycells Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 19-m-TN Posts: 637	Vulgar is the story about a low life party clown who gets raped and his quest for revenge.Need I say more? __________________ "They're coming to get you Barbara." --NotLD "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." --Napoleon Bonaparte http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...sfir3/guns.gif http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...bie_smiley.gif

03-24-2006, 01:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
zombiesatemyhappycells Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 19-m-TN Posts: 637	ooo almost forgot... Happiness.If you can stomach it...one of the characters is a psychiatrist who...ahem... drugs his family to molest his 12 yr old sons friends.the movie is very funny,very ****ed up,with a neat little message in it. __________________ "They're coming to get you Barbara." --NotLD "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." --Napoleon Bonaparte http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...sfir3/guns.gif http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...bie_smiley.gif

03-24-2006, 02:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
Melusine Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,407	Just a few off the top of my head. Fantasia Dumbo The Neverending Story I know they aren't exactly 'shock worthy' but i still think they are pretty bizzare movies, as with most disney films. __________________ Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars

03-24-2006, 01:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Drella Status: Magnanimous carcinoma Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Underneath Samuel L. Jackson's Kangol hat. Gender: Female Posts: 9,149	Short films included? I like Pink Flamingos, but I enjoy Female Trouble more. I like the idea of the horrendously ugly and sinister woman being revered for her beauty. The weirdest film is Un Chien Andalou. It is truly an amazing film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. It's a short silent film, but it has a lot of captivating imagery. Luis Bunuel said that he almost vomited as he sliced the eye open. Watching the liquid drain out still makes me wince. Even Dwarfs Started Small is "weird" to most people, but I find it to be an interesting story about rebellion and chaos.

03-24-2006, 03:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
James of Maine Status: "Semi-retired" SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Maine Gender: Male Age: 35 Posts: 1,498	Some weird postmodernist French film from the 60's. I don't remember the title. I saw it on IFC years and years ago. It was apparently about a band of student radicals or something. The main thing I remember was a scene where the actors slaughtered a live pig on camera. I have no idea what the context was, or if there really was even a context.

03-24-2006, 03:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Retired Enforcer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Resident Curmudgeon Gender: Male Age: 53 Posts: 23,163	Koyaanisquati __________________ ...... Attitude controls Thought. Thought controls Feeling. Feeling controls Attitude.

03-24-2006, 03:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
Violette Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 136	Van Helsing - just saw the trailer but that was totally bizarre __________________ Never cry more tears than you can hold in your hand - Beth Orton

03-24-2006, 03:57 PM	#12 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Retired Enforcer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Resident Curmudgeon Gender: Male Age: 53 Posts: 23,163	Van Helsing was just your average action movie with vampires and werewolvves thrown in. __________________ ...... Attitude controls Thought. Thought controls Feeling. Feeling controls Attitude.

03-24-2006, 05:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
tewstroke Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 968	The Idiots- a foreign film I saw on IFC, wtf? The Royal Tennenbaums- I didn't like it, not because it was weird though Raising Arizona- I liked it

03-24-2006, 06:39 PM	#16 (permalink)
RaveOn Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 42/m Maryland Posts: 118	'Crumb' - Documentary about underground comic artist Robert Crumb. If you think you come from a dysfunctional family watch this and you will feel normal. __________________ "A mans gotta know his limitations." - Harry Callahan

03-24-2006, 07:26 PM	#17 (permalink)
NewWorldOrder Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: CA Posts: 647	The Rocky Horror Picture Show... I don't know. __________________ 666

03-24-2006, 07:34 PM	#18 (permalink)
suppressed Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 23/f/MA Posts: 917	I know there is others that I'm to lazy to think of right now .. but the most recent that comes to mind is "stay" I saw it in the theatre .. I left the theatre completely STUMPED ... its weird because in a way I felt like I really enjoyed it and it was a good movie despite the fact that it made absolutely no sense to me ... everytime I thought I made sense of things it would take a flop and I was confused all over again!!! .. maybe I was missing something I don't know .. but I think it was pretty bizarre __________________ http://www.tickercentral.com/view/53qz/7.png

03-24-2006, 07:42 PM	#19 (permalink)
OnyxHeart Status: Comrade Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NYC's backyard Age: 36 Posts: 1,688	"Salo: 120 Days in Sodom" A VERY disturbing foreign film

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AliBaba Status: In the doghouse Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Gender: Male Posts: 1,134	Hmmm, I'd say Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas ranks as pretty bizarre. Although if you've read any of Hunter Thompson's books it makes some kind of sense. I'd say Pi or pretty much anything else directed by Darren Aronofsky. Spike Jonze normally gives you something different (Being John Malkovich & Adaptation). I don't thing anything tops Un Chien Andalou though. That's a pretty good call Matt __________________ "I know that human beings & fish can co-exist peacefully." -George W. Bush "These are real bad times, bro. Islam is cracking up. We got women talking back. We got people playing stringed instruments. It's the end of days! " -Azzam al-Britani