October 2nd, 2009 / 11:44 am
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6 Film Scenes with Strange Passages

La Prisonnière, Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1968

Twin Peaks, episode 30, David Lynch, 1991

The Trial, Orson Welles, 1962

Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979

Gerry, Gus van Sant, 2003

Satyricon, Federico Fellini, 1969

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52 Comments

  1. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:13 pm jereme—

      really, no love for 8 1/2 by fellini instead?

      i think the beginning dream sequence is the craziest shit i’ve ever seen on film, period.

  2. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:13 pm jereme—

      really, no love for 8 1/2 by fellini instead?

      i think the beginning dream sequence is the craziest shit i’ve ever seen on film, period.

  3. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:25 pm Blake Butler—

      8 1/2 is good but i’ve always been partial to satyricon

  4. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:25 pm Blake Butler—

      8 1/2 is good but i’ve always been partial to satyricon

  5. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:31 pm jereme—

      hmm i’m not talking the entire film. i’m talking dream sequence.

      i’ve always thought satyricon felt contrived, like it was trying too hard especially in stuff like the above scene.

      each his own.

  6. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:31 pm jereme—

      hmm i’m not talking the entire film. i’m talking dream sequence.

      i’ve always thought satyricon felt contrived, like it was trying too hard especially in stuff like the above scene.

      each his own.

  7. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:33 pm reynard—

      thinking about showing that clip & cooper’s first dream to the freshman drama class i’m subbing as an example of what film can also be like. we’ve been watching some james franco movie directed by tony bill. going to say: ‘and now for something completely differentPr

  8. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:33 pm reynard—

      thinking about showing that clip & cooper’s first dream to the freshman drama class i’m subbing as an example of what film can also be like. we’ve been watching some james franco movie directed by tony bill. going to say: ‘and now for something completely differentPr

  9. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:37 pm jereme—

      oh and i would consider luis bunuel’s “Cet obscur objet du désir” a movie told like a dream and would throw that up on the list too.

  10. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:37 pm jereme—

      oh and i would consider luis bunuel’s “Cet obscur objet du désir” a movie told like a dream and would throw that up on the list too.

  11. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:38 pm jereme—

      my list of course, not yours.

  12. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:38 pm jereme—

      my list of course, not yours.

  13. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:49 pm Blake Butler—

      bunuel is a real man. i love the exterminating angel and belle du jour. obscure object is nuts too

  14. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:49 pm Blake Butler—

      bunuel is a real man. i love the exterminating angel and belle du jour. obscure object is nuts too

  15. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:51 pm Blake Butler—

      that would be a good class

  16. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:51 pm Blake Butler—

      that would be a good class

  17. October 2nd, 2009 / 4:52 pm Merzmensch—

      Oh yes, Stalker, Twin Peaks!
      I’d add “Un chien andalou”, but this whole movve is actually just a one long strange passage.

  18. October 2nd, 2009 / 12:52 pm Merzmensch—

      Oh yes, Stalker, Twin Peaks!
      I’d add “Un chien andalou”, but this whole movve is actually just a one long strange passage.

  19. October 2nd, 2009 / 5:01 pm davidpeak—

      nice post. i’m enjoying these. stalker is a personal fav

  20. October 2nd, 2009 / 1:01 pm davidpeak—

      nice post. i’m enjoying these. stalker is a personal fav

  21. October 2nd, 2009 / 5:45 pm Matthew Simmons—

      I thought maybe this was a post about movies with long, weird corridors.

  22. October 2nd, 2009 / 1:45 pm Matthew Simmons—

      I thought maybe this was a post about movies with long, weird corridors.

  23. October 2nd, 2009 / 7:12 pm reynard—

      oh man, what about the hallway of the hotel in the phantom of libertPr

  24. October 2nd, 2009 / 3:12 pm reynard—

      oh man, what about the hallway of the hotel in the phantom of libertPr

  25. October 2nd, 2009 / 9:08 pm Bill Ford—

      I wanted to like Gerry. Movie should have been 30 minutes.

  26. October 2nd, 2009 / 5:08 pm Bill Ford—

      I wanted to like Gerry. Movie should have been 30 minutes.

  27. October 2nd, 2009 / 10:05 pm Ken Baumann—

      whaddabout Le Rectum in Irreversible? c’mon!

  28. October 2nd, 2009 / 6:05 pm Ken Baumann—

      whaddabout Le Rectum in Irreversible? c’mon!

  29. October 2nd, 2009 / 10:14 pm Blake Butler—

      i looked for a good while and couldnt find it on youtube. otherwise it would have been there

  30. October 2nd, 2009 / 6:14 pm Blake Butler—

      i looked for a good while and couldnt find it on youtube. otherwise it would have been there

  31. October 2nd, 2009 / 10:29 pm jereme—

      hmm i was trying to think of a japanese movie with a good dream sequence and couldn’t.

      i think the scene from “requiem for a dream” where the fridge tries to eat the old lady should be up on the best american dream sequences but not greatest of all.

      thought about 8 1/2 a lot today and still think the opening dream sequence owns all.

  32. October 2nd, 2009 / 6:29 pm jereme—

      hmm i was trying to think of a japanese movie with a good dream sequence and couldn’t.

      i think the scene from “requiem for a dream” where the fridge tries to eat the old lady should be up on the best american dream sequences but not greatest of all.

      thought about 8 1/2 a lot today and still think the opening dream sequence owns all.

  33. October 2nd, 2009 / 10:43 pm davidpeak—

      all of kwaidan is a magnificent dream sequence–especially the one about the blind guy who gets his ears torn off by the psychotic warrior ghosts

  34. October 2nd, 2009 / 6:43 pm davidpeak—

      all of kwaidan is a magnificent dream sequence–especially the one about the blind guy who gets his ears torn off by the psychotic warrior ghosts

  35. October 2nd, 2009 / 10:44 pm davidpeak—

      and concur RE 8 1/2. those first two minutes inspired almost all of Brazil and floored me the first time i saw it

  36. October 2nd, 2009 / 6:44 pm davidpeak—

      and concur RE 8 1/2. those first two minutes inspired almost all of Brazil and floored me the first time i saw it

  37. October 2nd, 2009 / 10:52 pm jereme—

      sadly i have not watched kwaidan but i have read/watched rashoman. if that counts for anything.

  38. October 2nd, 2009 / 6:52 pm jereme—

      sadly i have not watched kwaidan but i have read/watched rashoman. if that counts for anything.

  39. October 2nd, 2009 / 10:55 pm davidpeak—
  40. October 2nd, 2009 / 6:55 pm davidpeak—
  41. October 2nd, 2009 / 11:12 pm Ani Smith—

      Kurosawa?

  42. October 2nd, 2009 / 7:12 pm Ani Smith—

      Kurosawa?

  43. October 2nd, 2009 / 11:15 pm jereme—

      what about him? great director, but i can’t think of any dream sequences that i would consider awesome or ball busting or clit banging or whatever.

  44. October 2nd, 2009 / 7:15 pm jereme—

      what about him? great director, but i can’t think of any dream sequences that i would consider awesome or ball busting or clit banging or whatever.

  45. October 2nd, 2009 / 11:22 pm Ani Smith—

      I remember loving Dreams but it’s been like 10+ years since I saw it so I was hoping you’d go ‘oh yeeeeeeeeeeah’ …

  46. October 2nd, 2009 / 7:22 pm Ani Smith—

      I remember loving Dreams but it’s been like 10+ years since I saw it so I was hoping you’d go ‘oh yeeeeeeeeeeah’ …

  47. October 2nd, 2009 / 11:46 pm jereme—

      i know what you were hoping kid but you underestimated my knowledge and recollection of world cinema.

      tsk tsk.

  48. October 2nd, 2009 / 7:46 pm jereme—

      i know what you were hoping kid but you underestimated my knowledge and recollection of world cinema.

      tsk tsk.

  49. October 3rd, 2009 / 1:49 am Bill Ford—

      Any watch the Inland Empire extras wherein David Lynch cooks quinoa? What a loon.

  50. October 2nd, 2009 / 9:49 pm Bill Ford—

      Any watch the Inland Empire extras wherein David Lynch cooks quinoa? What a loon.

  51. October 4th, 2009 / 6:20 am darby—
  52. October 4th, 2009 / 2:20 am darby—