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    Posted: February 23 2016 at 09:02
These are some of the weirdest movies I ever saw. I gave the English titles of them. Vote or name your own favourite weird movie.


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defenition of wierd?

i like wierd humor and the like, like Dr who
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Of the movies listed, I have seen "Eraserhead" and "The Holy Mountain".  I didn't like "Eraserhead" at all and while I did love the end of "The Holy Mountain" it couldn't quite redeem the rest of the nonsense.


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From this list I've only seen Zardoz.

ZARDOZ IT IS!
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From these, I haven't seen "The Holy Mountain", "The Pointsman" and "Even Dwarves Started Small" yet. The others are all very interesting, at least, though "Weekend" didn't really live up to my expectations. I like "The 4th Man" and "The Phantom of Liberty" very much. My favourite is "Zardoz", one of Boorman's finest. The "flying stone head spills rifles" scene is one of my favourite film scenes ever.

If you like weird movies, I recommend to you the films of Japanese director Shion Sono, who is one of the most creative filmmakers today.
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^ A really weird Japanese film is Funky Forest (a must see for the twisted and is available with subs on youtube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFVC_Ktge7Y

I love Zardoz. It's a film that has become associated with my identity at the forums I have belonged to over the years.

A James Bond and Zardoz mash-up video that is very well done:



Also Holy Mountain, The Pointsman, a Zed and Two Noughts (my favourite Greenway is Drowning by Numbers), and Weekend.

A quirky film that is a particular favourite film of mine is The Bothersome Man (a Norwegian film from 2006). Probably due to my own feelings of alienation it really appeals.
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Have only seen Eraserhead and The Holy Mountain, so I'd have to choose Eraserhead. A truly bizarre and disturbing visual experience. An excellent first film by David Lynch.
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I should have added "Themroc" by Claude Faraldo, but it did not come to my mind when I created the poll.


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^ And another strange film that involves cannibalism, Porcile aka Pigsty (Pasolini).
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I'm afraid I grew up watching both Eraserhead and Zardoz, which were usually on bills with Barbarella, in the balconies of some of the rattiest, stickiest, depraved and smoke-filled theaters in S.F.   So my vote goes to the 'Head for sheer originality and high strangeness.   Good times.





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Fargo.
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I immediately searched for "Eraserhead" and found it, so it received my vote!  "Zardoz" was a fine, disturbing movie as well!  

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My favorite Weird Al movie is UHF, by the way


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I voted for Jodorowski, but let's face it, Greenaway is just as weird.
 
Could never stand Lynch... All I can think of is that his weirdness is just posturing.  
 


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Well, I will give my vote to "Weekend". Any movie in which a cannibal who recites Lautréamont all the time appears and in which the last lines are "What is this we are eating"? "The rest of the English tourists from last week. A bit of your husband is in it too". "Then please give me some more" already has my sympathy, and this is just one of the many weird things in it.


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I've only seen 2 of those films (Lynch and Greenaway), and I didn't like either of them, in fact I thought they were both awful and a waste of my time. 
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The only one of these I've seen is Eraserhead. It would be unfair to vote until I've seen at least a few more, so I'll do that and then vote...for Eraserhead. Kidding, of course. I'll return though.
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Did you decide on just choosing one title from each respective director? 
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Fargo.


This movie. Awesome. This movie is: awesome.
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Points: 10261 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2016 at 09:43
Originally posted by Guy Guden Guy Guden wrote:

Did you decide on just choosing one title from each respective director? 

Yes, else for example "El Topo" ("The Mole") by Alejandro Jodorowsky would have been on the list as well. And a lot more of Luis Buñuel, Peter Greenaway or David Lynch.

Edited by BaldFriede - February 24 2016 at 09:47


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