Groovy Movies 1: Bond & Beyond

Cult Films poll compiled from Video Hound's Guide to Groovy Movies. Part 1 of 20.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - May 12 2022 at 13:06

^ Ditto.  They certainly live up to the 'cult' status as I've seen precisely one from the list. Abstained.

I have only seen two of these that I recall, which are The Ipcress File, which was I thought quite a well-known, fairly mainstream and respected espionage film and the the extremely well-known and hugely respected Goldfinger from one of the most successful movie franchises of all. I guess one could call James Bond fans, of which I am one, a sort of cult, but then it's a massive cult. When it comes to cult films, often not only does it have a very loyal following, which can be quite sizable, but often there is seen to be something transgressive about the film and anti-mainstream (sometimes things that were quite mainstream are considered cult classics later due to the loyal followings).

Those two choices, especially Goldfinger, do make this listing dubious to me as cult films.

In the 80s I a had a book on cult film which I loved, which included things like The Wicker Man, Basket Case, The First Nudie Musical, Sleeper I think, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead maybe.

Not spy drama, but for a Sean Connery film, I'd much sooner mention Zardoz as a cult film, and I am the leader of the cult. I know I shared this before (more than once), but...



I'll vote for The Ipcress File.

EDIT: By the way from what I have seen, it doesn't seem that Video Hound's Groovy Movies book is making the claim that these are cult films, and that may just come to down to Paul's designation (and he does classify things in rather unorthodox ways ways quite often).

Edited by Logan - May 12 2022 at 12:35

Logan wrote: I have only seen two of these that I recall, which are The Ipcress File, which was I thought quite a well-known, fairly mainstream and respected espionage film and the the extremely well-known and hugely respected Goldfinger from one of the most successful movie franchises of all. I guess one could call James Bond fans, of which I am one, a sort of cult, but then it's a massive cult. When it comes to cult films, often not only does it have a very loyal following, which can be quite sizable, but often there is seen to be something transgressive about the film and anti-mainstream (sometimes things that were quite mainstream are considered cult classics later due to the loyal followings). Those two choices, especially Goldfinger, do make this listing dubious to me as cult films. In the 80s I a had a book on cult film which I loved, which included things like The Wicker Man, Basket Case, The First Nudie Musical, Sleeper I think, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Eraserhead maybe. Not spy drama, but for a Sean Connery film, I'd much sooner mention Zardoz as a cult film, and I am the leader of the cult. I know I shared this before (more than once), but... I'll vote for The Ipcress File. EDIT: By the way from what I have seen, it doesn't seem that Video Hound's Groovy Movies book is making the claim that these are cult films, and that may just come to down to Paul's designation (and he does classify things in rather unorthodox ways ways quite often).

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - May 12 2022 at 13:20

^ I'm glad you mentioned A Clockwork Orange - that's coming up in Poll # 7: "Far Out, Man", alongside Zardoz.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - May 12 2022 at 14:27

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - May 13 2022 at 07:00

moshkito wrote: Hi, I don't even feel qualified to vote ... only seen 4 of those films! I'll try catching a couple more since you added links .... thanks. And I'm not a Bond fan, and never have been, and the Playboy printouts of the ladies was a lot better than in any of the films! Less teasing, if we can say that! Three of the films are the Harry Palmer series, which I have seen all 3 of those films with Michael Caine in his early days, really showing off his accent to very good effect. You almost needed a sub-title many times.