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  1. jmankas
  2. daniel

surrealism and neosurrealism

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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004,  R)
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Barton Fink (1991,  R)
Barton Fink
"You're a sick fuck, Fink."

so far, the best film made by the Coen brothers. and the funny thing is, i absolutely didn't get it... there's a thing i completely adore in their films, they don't use clichés. when you're thinking you're about to unravel something, by your own experience in watching films, you get completely surprised moments after, because what happens is really unexpected, and sometimes out of context, not falling out of the story though, and thats so f*cking brilliant, in my opinion.
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Eraserhead (1977,  Unrated)
Eraserhead
i don't know what to think or say about this film, i don't know if i should consider it as one of the most marvelous surrealistic masterpiece i've seen, or if i should consider it as nonsense, disgusting, disturbing, weird and confusing piece of garbage and give it half a star.

well i think i'll go for the first option, since i already know Lynch's style and work, and i know he's a puzzling director, and by that, everything has a meaning.
i oughta see this again, and again, and again... the many times i may need, to solve the puzzle.
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Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) (2001,  PG)
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Testament of Orpheus (1960,  Unrated)
Testament of Orpheus
"Pretend to weep my friends, since poets are only pretending to be dead."
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Brazil (1985,  R)
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Twelve Monkeys (12 Monkeys) (1995,  R)
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Tideland (2006,  R)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998,  R)
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La Science des Rêves (The Science of Sleep) (2006,  R)
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Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001,  R)
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The Holy Mountain (1973,  R)
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Fando y Lis (Fando and Lis) (1968,  Unrated)
Fando y Lis (Fando and Lis)
an ode to surrealism. brilliant!
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El Topo (1970,  Unrated)
El Topo
my favorite surreal film. Jodorowsky is a master...
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Being John Malkovich (1999,  R)
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Blue Velvet (1986,  R)
Blue Velvet
"Suave! Goddamn you're one suave fucker! "

truly amazing! there's like big contrast feelings through out the whole film, the purity in one side, and the evil/perversion in the other, and thats absolutely brilliant. Dennis Hopper did one heck of a performance! one of the most sadistic, evil, mad characters i've seen, side to side with Kakihara (from Miike's Ichi The Killer).
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Mulholland Drive (2001,  R)
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Inland Empire (2006,  R)
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Alice (Neco z Alenky) (1988,  Unrated)
Alice (Neco z Alenky)
though a dark and grotesque adaptation of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", it is still a quite good movie, with a delightfull stop-motion piece of work.
added to this, without my aknowledge, there was a 6min short film, aswel by Svankmajer, 'glued' at the end of Alice (i don't know if it was supposed to be that way or not), called "Darkness, Light, Darkness". it shows how creative this master of stop-motion can be.
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Little Otik (2001,  Unrated)
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Requiem for a Dream (2000,  R)
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The Fountain (2006,  PG-13)
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Pi (1998,  R)
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Le Fantôme de la Liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) (The Specter of Freedom) (1974,  R)
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Naked Lunch (1991,  R)
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Delicatessen (1991,  R)
Delicatessen
i loved the camera moves and all the surreal/strange elements through out the story. plus, had its funny moments, but not as briliant as i was expecting.
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MirrorMask (2005,  PG)
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Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) (2005,  PG)
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Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) (1929,  Unrated)

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  1. gillian120
    gillian120 posted 322 days ago

    this is also my list!!!

  2. DrStrangeblog
    DrStrangeblog posted 316 days ago

    Cool list, quite a few I haven't seen. You probably would get a kick from Luis Bunuel's films.

  3. 366weirdmovies
    366weirdmovies posted 188 days ago

    Excellent list, many of my favorites are on here. By my definition I would say these are overwhelmingly neosurrealist films, but I tend to find them more interesting than the purely surrealist films.