Anarchist cookbook


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my favorite badass, socio-political satire, establishment destruction film.

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A Clockwork Orange (1971,  R)
A Clockwork Orange
thought provoking, challenging, over the top, and flawlessly executed. only Kubrick could make this rampage of ultra-violence that clean, exquisite and maliciously fun.
2
Brazil (1985,  R)
Brazil
Terry Gilliam's masterpiece of lyrical and ethereal imagination. Unique take on Orwell's 1984 totalitarian regime. devastating and yet uplifting ending, I tremble every time I see it.
3
Fight Club (1999,  R)
Fight Club
Irony and wit loaded on a direct punch to your pitiful jack-brain. An indisputable member of the new classics. I deeply dislike digital effects, nevertheless the story is so attractively subversive that I yield to it.
4
Trainspotting (1996,  R)
Trainspotting
Boyle's eclectic narration perfectly suits this uproarious trip to anarchy, frenzy and mayhem. wonderful wicked experience.
5
Natural Born Killers (1994,  NC-17)
Natural Born Killers
Murder and mayhem were never this fun. a twisted and hilarious tour de force.
6
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962,  Unrated)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Colin Smith is a rebel with a cause, the furious voice and spirit of the proletariat, the people who have to suffer for the privileged and get nothing in exchange but a terrible burden.

A battle against an opressive system, depicted in a fiery and emotive way. Magnificent characters and story, and phenomenal Tom Courtenay.

One of the crown jewels of British cinema.
7
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964,  PG)
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Caustic, twisted and outrageously funny nuclear war satire with immeasurably brilliant writing and stupendous performances by George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Slim Pickens and the unmatched Peter Sellers, all playing maniacal officers going through the most absurd and lovable situations. Hilarious and frightening masterpiece about human irrationality, sexual undertones and mutual annihilation.
8
Zero de Conduite (,  Unrated)
Zero de Conduite
A solemn and sincere poem to anarchy.
9
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983,  R)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Althought not their best, the Python crew managed to once again successfully mock of all british so-called sacrosanct establishments.
10
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983,  Unrated)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
A blast of a short, pure Python/Gilliam cheerful madness.
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Hi, Mom! (1970,  R)
Hi, Mom!
Before turning into a suspense auteur, Brian DePalma directed this subversive little film, heavily inspired by the vanguardist french nouvelle vague. A sequel of "greetings" in which he let DeNiro run the show with amazingly funny results.
12
How I Won the War (1967,  R)
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If.... (1968,  Unrated)
14
Catch-22 (1970,  R)
Catch-22
In the sandy landscapes of the mediterranean sea coast, a madhouse is located. A place that, in order to take democracy to that dark region of the earth; has artillery, airplanes and willing superiors; but is a little short of sacrificial lambs.

An excellent cast, led by Alan Arkin, forms the insane mob that seems to be straight out of "alice in wonderland"

Even though it is hilarious, it also delivers a sad and crushing anti war message.
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Themroc (1973,  Unrated)
Themroc
Subversive and bizarre anarchist fantasy where incest, murder, cannibalism, among other ways to break free are instructed by a construction worker who gets tired of his aimless and repetitive existence, and the repression exercised by authorities. That once shy and submissive man is now the leader of some kind of urban cavemen community that only seek to give and receive the most primitive forms of pleasure.

There's no dialogue whatsoever, only a series of grunts, yells and gurgles without sense; that serve to establish even more the meaning of disorder inherent in the plot.
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Duck Soup (1933,  Unrated)
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Nada (The Nada Gang) (1974,  Unrated)
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Weekend (Week End) (1967,  Unrated)
Weekend (Week End)
Campy and mildly funny attack to the upper classes by Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most acid and persuasive demagogues in film history.
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Animal Farm (1954,  Unrated)
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The Idiots (Idioterne) (Dogma 95) (2000,  R)
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Punishment Park (1971,  R)

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  1. groaningbitch
    groaningbitch posted 670 days ago

    time to grow up. anarchy is temporal. ha.

  2. pier007
    pier007 posted 670 days ago

    yeah, but this films are there to always remind me of those wonderful days...