The weirdest I've seen is Shirin, a Persian film in which all you see is a series of close-ups of individual women all watching a film YOU can't see (but can hear the dialogue and sound effects). It was a long 90 minutes.
Abbas Kiarostami is a pretty awesome director. I should really watch this film.
I showed that to a couple of friends recently. I warned them, but nothing could've prepared them for what they watched. Afterwards, when discussing what the fuck I just subjected them to, I told them I knew of an even weirder movie:
Almost forgot to add this one film I saw on Netflix streaming... can't remember the name of it, just that there was a long scene of an elderly man fucking a dead pig in a hotel room. It was the very definition of "trying too hard". Certainly weird, though.
Also, We Are The Strange. It's absolutely stunning to look at, and available in its entirety for free on Youtube. (from the director, so it's legal)
For me it's easy. The Japanese film 'Gozu' by Miike Takashi. I do prefer the literal translation of the Japanese title though: Grand Theatre of Perversion and Fear: Cow's Head. It sounds...erm I suppose more in line with the craziness of the film =D
Anything Terry Gilliam makes is generally weird to some extent. I think his weirdest film was probably Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Either that or Baron Munchausen. All great films though, even Brothers Grim had a charm to it only Terry Gilliam can bring.
My second nominee would be older David Cronenberg flicks. Stuff like Video Drome, Scanners, The Brood, and Naked Lunch. Those are some crazy ass movies as well. I really like them, but I get the impression its an acquired taste as not everyone does.
A French animated sci-fi movie called Fantastic Planet (aka La Planète Sauvage) about tiny half-naked people living on a world with giant blue people. It's a head trip.
For me it's easy. The Japanese film 'Gozu' by Miike Takashi. I do prefer the literal translation of the Japanese title though: Grand Theatre of Perversion and Fear: Cow's Head. It sounds...erm I suppose more in line with the craziness of the film =D
Yeah. I jumped on the bandwagon and put Visitor Q, like many others. When I really reflect on both films, I think Gozu is easily the weirdest. I blocked a few scenes from memory, like the ladle scene, as well as a few others.
Watched the Criterion Collection versions of Videodrome followed by House (1977). I have seen bits and pieces of Fantastic Planet via Youtube and really need to procure copies of Zardoz, Holy Mountain and El Topo one of these days.
Watched the Criterion Collection versions of Videodrome followed by House (1977). I have seen bits and pieces of Fantastic Planet via Youtube and really need to procure copies of Zardoz, Holy Mountain and El Topo one of these days.
House is a thoroughly entertaining and incredibly bizarre movie. I love it.
Another movie I found completely insane is the anime film Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (a.k.a.: Adolescence of Utena). The only way that movie will make sense to anyone is if they had seen the TV series beforehand. Not because the movie follows up on the plot of the TV series. Oh, no. Even as bizarre as the series was, that would make a modicum of sense. The movie version of Utena takes the characters and setting of the TV series and turns every last element on its goddamn head until it resembles an anime version of a Ken Russell fever dream.
Umm.... I don't know if Martyrs is weird or just incredibly disturbing. Rubber was great. Frankenstein Girl vs. Vampire Girl was wacked-out Japanese junk.
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