Film School In A Thread: One Jerk's Hardcore List Of Films To Inspire The Imagination

john threat

john threat

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Yo! I'm the jerk in the title. I'm just a renegade writer trying his hand at telling stories via this ethereal meaningless ego driven thing called Directing.

I learn a lot from watching the ideas of other people and how they executed them. I wanted to do an experiment in educational thread about cool films you may or may not have seen that I felt are very inspirational on various levels (visuals, actings, maybe both, maybe none!) Hopefully I don't rack up more infractions but when the mood strikes I'll add a film here and let me know if you learned anything from it - think it rocks, or think it sucks and feel free to drop a trailer in here and I''ll check it out too.
 
First Up is Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain! - *** NSFW ****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_k8oaeHsnc

I think this film is awesome. It's a visual treat. It's very nose bleed intense.
I can't believe he squeezed all this into the film and in 1973 without green screen/3D mattes!
It has lots of things that might offend people that may hold certain believes (animals saftey, religion, symbolic organizations, deontology, life itself.)
I don't want to spoil it, but this film is dense and travels far. Very influential on my personal work.
 
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The Maltese Falcon
Oh yeah! One of the best films of all time in my opinion - and a lot of other peoples.
A very simple story - but the characters and dialouge are so full of gravitas.
This is the basics of telling a real story. Drama, Humor, Suspense all wrapped up in a nice amazing package with amazing visuals.
A master director - and Bogart? Oh yeah! If you dont like this film - we cant even be friends.
 
"First Up is Alejandro Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain!"

I saw that. Craziest film ever.

Inspiring imagination...

Monty Python's films
Brazil
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Blade Runner
A Scanner Darkly
Waking Life
Heavy Metal
This is Spinal Tap
Bob Roberts
Edward Scissorhands
The Matrix
Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
Heathers
Wall-E
AI
Red Paprika
Spirited Away
Idiocracy
Minority Report
A boy and his dog
Road Warrior
28 days later
Videodrome
Existenz
Immortal, Ad Vitam
Dark City
Fitzcarraldo
Aguirre Wrath of God
Daywatch / Nightwatch
Airplane
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
The Wall
Black Dynamite
The In Laws
Pitch Black
Mulholland Drive
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Robocop / 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Groundhog Day
The Crow
 
Good List dude!
Here is the trailer for Heavy metal. I love it - this film's pacing wouldnt rock today how films are financed but one can dream!
 
Time Bandits by Terry Gilliam (of monty python) - THis is a old style trailer no one would do anymore - but this movie is awesome in scope and design. Thanks terry for the inspiration forever

 
Also [h=1]La Jetée[/h]This film is incredibly powerful , and was the basis for the remake Twelve monkey's (by terry gilliam as well) - the original though, with it's stills and timeless sci-fi undercurrent is amazing. Excellent and a must see in film school. In two parts with subtitles here.
 
My all time favorite is Forbidden Planet. I wish I could see more like this on ScyFy instead of the crappy movie of the week movies they make.

 
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