hyper-realism
This is probably my favorite type of film to watch. I can't think of any good way to localize the genre of these movies except to describe what they make me feel, which is a sort of gritty surrealism. It's similar to the feeling you get when you're watching gary busey for any length of time, lol.
Here's a description from an online discussion attempting to define this very type of film :
"it probably means taking the trivialities of life and making them the focus of feature length films. Making grand drama out of small gestures, events, and interactions. A film like 2001 is hyperreal because of the way it’s filmed, whereas the settings are just backgrounds where events play out. A film like L’avventura, or anything else by Antonioni, is hyperreal because of the painstaking and methodical pace at which characters speak, move, and events occur. This is hyperreal because in reality we don’t normally pay attention to these details even if they may be there. A film has the capability of singling out some of these details and throwing them back at the viewer to contemplate. Hence the feeling of a film being “more real than reality” because it shows you things about the world that may objectively exist but are hard to perceive in the chaotic intake of stimuli."
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True Romance (1993, R)
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Kalifornia (1993, R)
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Pulp Fiction (1994, R)
if you don't already know all about this movie then you're probably on the wrong website |
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Casino (1995, R)
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Another Day In Paradise (1997, R)
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Drugstore Cowboy (1989, R)
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Reservoir Dogs (1992, R)
a nearly perfect tarantino experience |
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Natural Born Killers (1994, NC-17)
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Red Rock West (1993, R)
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U Turn (1997, R)
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Flypaper (1997, R)
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967, R)
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The Big Lebowski (1998, R)
intelligent humor throughout |
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Spun (2003, R)
a power-cast carries this well done addiction film |
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Blow (2001, R)
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The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004, R)
beautiful, ferocious, disturbing. directed by and starring asia argento |
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Scarface (1983, R)
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Ocean's Eleven (2001, PG-13)
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Sin City (2005, R)
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Grindhouse (Grind House) (2007, R)
can't go wrong with rodriguez/tarantino. conceptually brilliant |
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Jackie Brown (1997, R)
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000, PG-13)
to understand this movie, it really helps to have studied 'the odyssey' |
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A Scanner Darkly (2006, R)
artistic and surreal, definitely worth watching |
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B. Monkey (1999, R)
another great argento performance |
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Wild At Heart (1990, R)
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Point Break (1991, R)
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Leaving Las Vegas (1995, R)
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Palmetto (1997, R)
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Cry Baby (1990, PG-13)
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Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995, R)
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Living in Oblivion (1995, R)
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Tail Lights Fade (1999, R)
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Drop Dead Sexy (2005, R)
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Clerks (1994, R)
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Killing Zoe (1994, R)
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Dogma (1999, R)
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Trees Lounge (1996, R)
steve buscemi in top form. if you're a fan don't miss this! |
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Lost Highway (1997, R)
gotta love david lynch's flavor of strange |
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Mulholland Drive (2001, R)
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The Mod Squad (1999, R)
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Layer Cake (2005, R)
see the new james bond in an earlier, more interesting role. deep, dark humor throughout with slightly disturbing undercurrents. this movie pays a lot of attention to detail, and is quite well done. |
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999, R)
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Stuck (2008, R)
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Candy (2006, R)
much better film than expected surrounding drug addiction and relationships. artistic, intense performances throughout. |
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The Dead Girl (2006, R)
brilliant performance by murphy |
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Less Than Zero (1987, R)
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Buffalo 66 (1998, R)
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Hurlyburly (1998, R)
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Brick (2006, R)
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Hysterical Blindness (2002, Unrated)
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Something Wild (1986, R)
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The Velocity of Gary (1999, R)
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Hollywood North (2003, R)
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Nine Queens (Nueve reinas) (2002, R)
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Rick (2004, R)
unusually strange |
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Very Bad Things (1998, R)
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The Green Butchers (Grřnne slagtere) (2004, R)
very dark humor |
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The Brown Bunny (2003, Unrated)
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Committed (2000, R)
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Sidewalks of New York (2001, R)
should be seen |
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Pumpkin (2002, R)
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The Grifters (1990, R)
great grifter flick, high octane talent. looks like the cast had a blast making this. |
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House of Games (1987, R)
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Thinner (1996, R)
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Love Liza (2002, R)
the subtitle says it all. an amazing film. |
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Owning Mahowny (2003, R)
philip seymour hoffman does it again. |
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The Way of the Gun (2000, R)
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L.A. Confidential (1997, R)
brilliantly cast, highly underrated film. |
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The Big Kahuna (2000, R)
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I Love Your Work (2005, R)
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No Country for Old Men (2007, R)
consistently intense and brilliant film throughout |
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Hard Candy (2006, R)
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, R)
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SubUrbia (1997, R)
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The Candy Snatchers (1973, R)
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El Mariachi (1993, R)
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Crash (1996, NC-17)
haunting film. this is the REAL crash. |
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Swimming with Sharks (1995, R)
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The Illusionist (2006, PG-13)
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Boxing Helena (1993, R)
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Near Dark (1987, R)
probably the best vampire film ever made |
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A Simple Plan (1998, R)
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Traveller (1997, R)
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Logan's Run (1976, PG)
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I Heart Huckabees (2004, R)
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Payback (1999, R)
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The Last House on the Left (1972, Unrated)
fascinating early wes craven terror |
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Candy (1968, R)
naughty, hilarious cult classic |
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Bubble (2006, R)
surprisingly good, but most won't take the time to watch it. |
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All the Real Girls (2003, R)
great indie flick |
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Grind (1997, Unrated)
loved it, great indie flick with highly talented acting. gritty. |
