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Posted: June 21 2012 at 15:13

How could I have forgotten Eraserhead.

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 01:08

moshkito wrote:

richardh wrote:

Eraserhead could have been an inspiration for Tool I reckon

for me personally it would have to be a film with lots of twists and turns. Perhaps the underated David Fincher film The Game. Keeps you guessing all the way to the end.

I would have thought though that the perfect prog movie is 2001 A Space Odyssey. Slow start that turns into a real 'trip'.

Let me just state that getting ripped really good, seeing 2001 at the Cinerama Dome, then catching Hair at the Aquarius Theater next door ... was a very cool and progressive experience. The sex after it was even better, of course, but that is another chapter and story!

2001, is not that "progressive" a film, but it is a fun film to watch. Kubrick had his good points, but being the first was not one of them ... and the pictures from Nasa and the TV shots were way better than the imaginary world he created. ... ohhh yeah ... I forgot ... Sunshine was wayyyyyyyy better than the trip in the movie will ever be ... so don't get fooled again!

Never been a great Kubrick fan tbh but thought 2001 would fit the bill for this thread. It had people talking and thinking and is an acknowledged work of art which is rare in sc-fi

Sunshine was a very nice film but lacked any great depth.Danny Boyle's thing is not sci-fi. I thought Prometheus was a better film and way more fun if basically a load of nonsense

I guess you are a fan of Silent Running if you like Sunshine?

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 01:24

For the kind of prog I most enjoy? Probably something like Airplane! or Kung Pow! LOL

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 01:47

Harold and Maude.

A 19 year old f**king an 80 year old.

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 01:56

-Radioswim- wrote:

So I've been curious since I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which movie you all have seen, that really demonstrates all you know as a progressive rock experiance.

To me, "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind" collects everything I expect of Progressive Rock album and conveys it in such a sense that I belong to it. I want to know how you feel about other "Prog-movies"

Edit- Maybe I asked the question incorrectly. What I meant to ask is "what Movie completes you as a progressive rock fan"

I have a similar view of Eternal Sunshine too.

Did you know that it supposedly sync perfectly with Dredg's El Cielo kind of like Dark Side of the Moon does with the Wizard of Oz? I can't remember specifics but I thinking when the "sitting sideways" part happens, Joel is seen sitting sideways.

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 06:59

Jacob's Ladder

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 08:23

I would have to say "The Fall." It has everything that prog has: luxuriant excess, epic proportions, high drama, deep philosophical themes, aesthetic virtuosity and stylistic diversity. It's also just a really good movie.

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 08:29

Edit- Maybe I asked the question incorrectly. What I meant to ask is "what Movie completes you as a progressive rock fan"

If you liked that, you should check out Being John Malkovich and Adaptation (both also by Charlie Kaufman).

Myself, I would say Primer, definitely progressive storytelling...

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 08:46

Synecdoche New York.

Edited by Textbook - June 22 2012 at 08:46

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 10:32

richardh wrote:

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Sunshine was a very nice film but lacked any great depth.Danny Boyle's thing is not sci-fi. I thought Prometheus was a better film and way more fun if basically a load of nonsense

I guess you are a fan of Silent Running if you like Sunshine?

Richard ... that was Sunshine Acid ... not anything else ... this was a naughty drug reference on my part! That trip in th emovie was stupid compared to the real thing! It was not very good at all ... and there were light shows at the Filmore that were far better than 2001 (the film) ever had! That is the reason why I say ... don't get fooled again ... by advertising and a movie, comparing things to the real thing!

Facts, Richard ... facts!!!

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 10:41

At the risk of sounding extremely pretentious, I have to say Aronofsky's Pi.

A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

^that pretty much sums it up. Loved the film and I have to say it goes fairly well with prog.

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 11:21

Textbook wrote:

How could I have forgotten Eraserhead.

Damn. That has just hit my head a couple of minutes ago. "Eraserhead" for me too.

frippism wrote:

Harold and Maude.

A 19 year old f**king an 80 year old.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - June 22 2012 at 11:22

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:06

A Clockwork Orange is very King Crimsonish.

I agree on 2001: A Space Odyssey. I sometimes wonder if Kubrick was a secret proghead. LOL

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:42

"The Brother from Another Planet", I envision the soundtrack sounding like a cross between early Genesis and Parliament-Funkadelic.

Edited by dwill123 - June 25 2012 at 20:12

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 16:42

thellama73 wrote:

I would have to say "The Fall." It has everything that prog has: luxuriant excess, epic proportions, high drama, deep philosophical themes, aesthetic virtuosity and stylistic diversity. It's also just a really good movie.

This is the first movie I thought of when I saw this thread. The majesty scale with a deep, personal story, wild fantasy, and breathtaking imagery, combined with the recurring theme of Beethoven's symphony (2nd movement) make this movie think of the best aspects of symphonic prog.

Smurph wrote:

Neon Genesis : Evangelion and the subsequential movies.

I just finished watching Evangelion for the first time, and many aspects of that show remind my of prog (especially accusations of being pretentious). I really loved it at first, but after I finished I felt unsure. My attitude to it now is like my attitude to KC. With an open mind, and repeated viewings/listening, I think I could really get into it.

The other movie I would recommend is "The Fountain". I can't figure out how to describe it, but if anyone else here has seen it, I think they would agree that it is comparable to prog.

Edited by Wu Bi Shuai - June 22 2012 at 16:44

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Posted: June 22 2012 at 22:50

The Extended Cut of Sucker Punch

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Posted: June 23 2012 at 00:17

Napoleon Dynamite

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Posted: June 23 2012 at 00:33

What prog album would you relate it to?

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Posted: June 23 2012 at 01:07

moshkito wrote:

richardh wrote:

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Sunshine was a very nice film but lacked any great depth.Danny Boyle's thing is not sci-fi. I thought Prometheus was a better film and way more fun if basically a load of nonsense

I guess you are a fan of Silent Running if you like Sunshine?

Facts, Richard ... facts!!!

the whole drug thing passed my by (thankfully!) so I can't comment on the authenticity of the 'trip' in 2001. I found the film a bit boring to be honest. I watched it at film club at college around about 1980 and then quickly raced to the nearest bookshop after to read the last chapter of the book.That didn't make any sense either (although it did at least make for a nice cover for Eloy's Planets album

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Posted: June 25 2012 at 08:59

dwill123 wrote:

"The Brother from Another Planet", I envision the soundtrack sounding like a cross between early Genesis and Parliament-Funkadelic.

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I have this wild thought in my mind all the time ... Maggot Brain is way too progressive for most folks here! The appreciation is not there much ... or as Richard Pryor used to say ..." _______ on acid! ... and mannnn, we got robbed!"

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