August 10th, 2009 / 11:30 am
Snippets
Snippets
Blake Butler—
Anyone know of any good movies in which a labyrinth or series of tunnels figures heavily (such as The Shining or Satyricon, or even, in its own way, Solaris)? Having fucked maze dreams lately and want to extend it into waking life.
the third man
the third man
have you seen the shining?
have you seen the shining?
third man is great, yes
read again mane
third man is great, yes
read again mane
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
u sunuva betch
u sunuva betch
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth is incredible.
That crappy Stalone flick Daylight. The Descent (you didn’t say they had to be good movies).
That crappy Stalone flick Daylight. The Descent (you didn’t say they had to be good movies).
Oh I forgot to mention a Miyazaki film called The Cat Returns. My four year old loves it. And I dig anything the anime master has made.
This may be a stretch and you may be scarred for life after this but have you seen Irreversible?
Maybe Tron? Pan’s Labirynth? Indiana Jones?
This may be a stretch and you may be scarred for life after this but have you seen Irreversible?
Maybe Tron? Pan’s Labirynth? Indiana Jones?
i did indeed say ‘good movies’ ya doodoo.
i did indeed say ‘good movies’ ya doodoo.
Miyazaki is great, and that’s the one of his I haven’t seen. thanks John.
Miyazaki is great, and that’s the one of his I haven’t seen. thanks John.
Irreversible is one of my favorites, and is totally the type of thing I’m looking for here. Anything like that, more please.
I didn’t love Pan’s Labyrinth. Too much politics, not enough unfurling.
The Holy Mountain is all about systems…kind of stays with you (me)…
on the crappy side (great side!) Cube is a pretty cool low budget Canadian horror movie chock full of mazes, math and murder…
j
Irreversible is one of my favorites, and is totally the type of thing I’m looking for here. Anything like that, more please.
I didn’t love Pan’s Labyrinth. Too much politics, not enough unfurling.
The Holy Mountain is all about systems…kind of stays with you (me)…
on the crappy side (great side!) Cube is a pretty cool low budget Canadian horror movie chock full of mazes, math and murder…
j
Holy Mountain is holy. I try to watch that at least 2x a year. El Topo also has the system feel to it. Where is that new Jodorowsky joint? Supposed to be any day now.
Cube, man, crappy and great for sure. I loved the premise, wish they had done a little more with it. Such a great idea.
Holy Mountain is holy. I try to watch that at least 2x a year. El Topo also has the system feel to it. Where is that new Jodorowsky joint? Supposed to be any day now.
Cube, man, crappy and great for sure. I loved the premise, wish they had done a little more with it. Such a great idea.
Logan’s Run.
Logan’s Run.
Oops, it’s from Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli, directed by Hiroyuki Morita. It’s made for the little ones. So it’s probably not what you’re looking for.
still looks fun, i like kid ones… :)
still looks fun, i like kid ones… :)
the black lodge.
all the aliens movies, most submarine movies, sewer scene in the fugitive, fun house scene in lady from shanghai.
most first person shooters, w RE4 and the metroid primes being particularly choice.
the black lodge.
all the aliens movies, most submarine movies, sewer scene in the fugitive, fun house scene in lady from shanghai.
most first person shooters, w RE4 and the metroid primes being particularly choice.
black lodge is ultimate maze, end to end.
dang, lady from shanghai. haven’t seen that in forever. good call.
i wish there was a good film that simulated what video games feel like in playing, without the tendency toward just being another action joint.
anybody ever read the book ‘lucky wander boy’? its about an obscure video game with things lodged inside it. more books like that (such as God Jr., and Jonathan Messinger’s video game story from Hiding Out) should exist.
black lodge is ultimate maze, end to end.
dang, lady from shanghai. haven’t seen that in forever. good call.
i wish there was a good film that simulated what video games feel like in playing, without the tendency toward just being another action joint.
anybody ever read the book ‘lucky wander boy’? its about an obscure video game with things lodged inside it. more books like that (such as God Jr., and Jonathan Messinger’s video game story from Hiding Out) should exist.
Good: The Dale Cooper chasing Dale Cooper scenes near the end of the Twin Peaks series.
Not so Good: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Good: The Dale Cooper chasing Dale Cooper scenes near the end of the Twin Peaks series.
Not so Good: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Book about an obscure video game – The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti by Stephen Graham Jones kicks some ass hard and definitely has a maze-like feel to it. Well worth your time, Blake.
Book about an obscure video game – The Long Trial of Nolan Dugatti by Stephen Graham Jones kicks some ass hard and definitely has a maze-like feel to it. Well worth your time, Blake.
episode 30 might be my favorite film segments of all time. Cooper v Cooper :)
episode 30 might be my favorite film segments of all time. Cooper v Cooper :)
the Jones book is really fun, I forgot about that one… those letters from his father were just brutal.
the Jones book is really fun, I forgot about that one… those letters from his father were just brutal.
Alain Resnais’ Providence. Incredible film. Very labyrinthine narrative/structure. Quite hard to find on DVD, but I can burn it for you.
Alain Resnais’ Providence. Incredible film. Very labyrinthine narrative/structure. Quite hard to find on DVD, but I can burn it for you.
That would be awesome Dennis. I just ordered the new Last Year at Marienbad, need more Resnais…
That would be awesome Dennis. I just ordered the new Last Year at Marienbad, need more Resnais…
sorry i was being stupid…
sorry i was being stupid…
Alien
Alien
European film Kontroll set entirely in the subway tunnels of Budapest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373981/
‘European’ why didn’t I just say Hungarian? God.
European film Kontroll set entirely in the subway tunnels of Budapest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373981/
‘European’ why didn’t I just say Hungarian? God.
haha, i described a film to someone the other day as a “foreign film” and i was like, my gawd, what have i become…
haha, i described a film to someone the other day as a “foreign film” and i was like, my gawd, what have i become…
love satyricon
love satyricon
have you watched scorcese’s After Hours? It’s crazed. Works on deranged maze-logic.
have you watched scorcese’s After Hours? It’s crazed. Works on deranged maze-logic.
hellraiser II
hellraiser II
Genius. Love after hours, especially that ending
Genius. Love after hours, especially that ending
that might be the only scorsese i’ve never seen. will watch it tonight, thank you david.
that might be the only scorsese i’ve never seen. will watch it tonight, thank you david.
haha
haha
blake,
video game movie…eXistenz is amazing for that video game feel…e.g. panned dialogue, non-nonsensical scene segues (like the industrial fishing cannery (cut to) a chinese restaurant in the middle of a lush forest…)…i love that movie for how disorienting it all feels…
blake,
video game movie…eXistenz is amazing for that video game feel…e.g. panned dialogue, non-nonsensical scene segues (like the industrial fishing cannery (cut to) a chinese restaurant in the middle of a lush forest…)…i love that movie for how disorienting it all feels…
ah man, i forgot all about eXistenz. haven’t seen that since it came out. queued up… thanks john!
ah man, i forgot all about eXistenz. haven’t seen that since it came out. queued up… thanks john!
well worth the time. It is manic and funny in ways that you don’t connect with Scorses. Surreal and compelling. I just discovered it last year and have watched it three times
Cronenberg is always worth the time
well worth the time. It is manic and funny in ways that you don’t connect with Scorses. Surreal and compelling. I just discovered it last year and have watched it three times
Cronenberg is always worth the time
“He Walked by Night” is LA noir that winds up in the sewer system under LA.
David Bordwell in his book Poetics of Cinema has a whole chapter on “forking-paths narratives,” based on the Borges story from Labyrinths.
“He Walked by Night” is LA noir that winds up in the sewer system under LA.
David Bordwell in his book Poetics of Cinema has a whole chapter on “forking-paths narratives,” based on the Borges story from Labyrinths.
saw this movie recently + thought this scene was really cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOwpd2I_4mo
saw this movie recently + thought this scene was really cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOwpd2I_4mo
Gerry by Gus Van Sant is good. Though it’s sort of an anti-labyrinth. Two guys lost in the desert trying to figure out the way back to their car.
There aren’t any tunnels, but if you watch it through the cardboard center of a paper towel roll I think you’ll get everything you want out of a viewing experince.
Gerry by Gus Van Sant is good. Though it’s sort of an anti-labyrinth. Two guys lost in the desert trying to figure out the way back to their car.
There aren’t any tunnels, but if you watch it through the cardboard center of a paper towel roll I think you’ll get everything you want out of a viewing experince.
yes yes, Gerry! love that movie, dont even really know why. so hypnotizing. great one
yes yes, Gerry! love that movie, dont even really know why. so hypnotizing. great one
Tarkovsky’s “Stalker”…
Tarkovsky’s “Stalker”…
Someone mentioned a book, and while “movies” was your request, I feel permissed to mention “House of Leaves.” Then again, I’ll work “House of Leaves” into any conversation possible. You could have asked for Pan-Asian food dishes that look green in low light conditions and I would have found a way to fit “House of Leaves” in there.
Someone mentioned a book, and while “movies” was your request, I feel permissed to mention “House of Leaves.” Then again, I’ll work “House of Leaves” into any conversation possible. You could have asked for Pan-Asian food dishes that look green in low light conditions and I would have found a way to fit “House of Leaves” in there.
Hi Blake. Three good ones come to mind that haven’t been mentioned yet: Orson Welles’ ‘The Trial’, Shane Carruth’s ‘Primer’ and Eric Villette’s Malefique. All very mind-bending, maze-like films in their structure, imagery and content: Malefique actually never leaves the one cell but I think it very much counts.
Hi Blake. Three good ones come to mind that haven’t been mentioned yet: Orson Welles’ ‘The Trial’, Shane Carruth’s ‘Primer’ and Eric Villette’s Malefique. All very mind-bending, maze-like films in their structure, imagery and content: Malefique actually never leaves the one cell but I think it very much counts.
shit, i just watched after hours. as i watched it i kept getting giddier and giddier, and also sadder and sadder because i knew it had to end. that was butter for my soul. i started to think towards the end that it was going to loop back on itself like ‘the tenant’ did; actually it could easily have done so if the paper mache sculpture he was being mummified in turned out to be the one in the first apartment. i’m glad it didn’t though. i’m glad it stayed within the conventional bounds of reality while yet allowing for seemingly synchronous and distemporal references. thank you david. watching this movie made me feel better.
shit, i just watched after hours. as i watched it i kept getting giddier and giddier, and also sadder and sadder because i knew it had to end. that was butter for my soul. i started to think towards the end that it was going to loop back on itself like ‘the tenant’ did; actually it could easily have done so if the paper mache sculpture he was being mummified in turned out to be the one in the first apartment. i’m glad it didn’t though. i’m glad it stayed within the conventional bounds of reality while yet allowing for seemingly synchronous and distemporal references. thank you david. watching this movie made me feel better.
man, watched After Hours just now. amazing. best i’ve seen in a while. like Scorsese does Lynch. loved. thank you.
man, watched After Hours just now. amazing. best i’ve seen in a while. like Scorsese does Lynch. loved. thank you.