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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Jun 3, 2007 10:21:32 GMT -5
I was re-watching Robot Monster the other day and was struck by the "Surreal" host segment. All of the movies are varying degrees of "bad", of course, but which of these do you feel is the most surreal--leaping from "whoa, this is bad" straight into "did you just see that? Am I high?"
Q: How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Fish.
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Post by jjb3k on Jun 3, 2007 13:44:36 GMT -5
"Robot Monster" and all them are pretty kooky, but they're also all supposed to be science fiction or horror. "The Skydivers" is intended to just be a straightforward tale of romance and intrigue in the skydiving industry (I think), so all the out-of-nowhere nimrods, twits, and loonies that populate it definitely give it the edge.
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Post by hobbesluigi82 on Jun 3, 2007 13:48:18 GMT -5
I would've said Manos, but Ro-Man's outfit...is...well...original, to say the least.
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Post by FredC on Jun 3, 2007 14:47:39 GMT -5
Skydivers. So much bizarre stuff that is going on...
Seemingly random edits to people nodding, Doodles Weaver/Eraserhead and his pictures he takes and brings home to look at (pretty creepy...), the dancing scotsman, the lady dressed as Huck Finn, people falling to their deaths slowly and then quickly, acting you'd expect to find in a kidnergarten play, characters you don't care about, the sedated nature of everybody in the movie, in fact everything about the movie is just surreal.
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Post by wereworm on Jun 3, 2007 16:23:17 GMT -5
Plus Skydivers has an actress named Kevin Casey, and it's not the she-male who manhandles the terrytop lady and her boyfriend during the dance scene.
This might be an unfortunate side effect of watching the episode several times, but I can just picture her taking off that thick 60's wig and the latex neck pits to reveal that she is actually... Kevin Spacey. And then when they show Coleman Francis as the sniper in the credits, he points his finger at me and laughs. Luckily, the sedated, dispassionate performance of the cast rubs off on me, and I'm not so bothered by these thoughts.
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Post by beljah on Jun 3, 2007 16:24:47 GMT -5
"Jack Frost" was what sprang to my mind when I saw the thread title.
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Post by jackbauer on Jun 3, 2007 16:33:50 GMT -5
The Hellcats (CROW: Mass confusion? They're talking about the plot!).
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Post by braindeadzombie on Jun 3, 2007 16:52:09 GMT -5
When it comes to surreal, you just can not top Monster-a-go-go. "There was no monster, no thing named Douglas", "Crow, I don't get you", "Johnny Longtorso, the man who comes in pieces" and "What about the Pina Colada song?!" just to name a few memorable if strange quotes.
And when the narrator mentions the phrase "cosmic switch has been turned off", is he referring to a physical switch or a light switch? It must have been a fluke that it kind of works both ways.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Jun 3, 2007 20:16:51 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but Skydivers is easily the most normal of the Coleman Francis trilogy. Red Zone and Yucca Flats are far more... odd.
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Post by Broadsword on Jun 3, 2007 20:27:30 GMT -5
"Jack Frost" was what sprang to my mind when I saw the thread title. Me too along with the other Russian/Finnish The Sword and the Dragon, The Magic Voyage of Sinbad and The Day the Earth Froze. |
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Post by Tealeaf on Jun 3, 2007 21:31:54 GMT -5
Lots of good, strong choices for the most surreal movie.
I watched the KTMA "Superdome" for the first time ever this weekend. I was struck several times by the oddness of it. It's your average, run of the mill shclocky mid 70's made for TV drama, fairly well made for what it is. But it's set in New Orlean, way way before Katrina, and several of the narrators comments about the place seem oddly poignent given later events. Plus the Superdome only appears total on screen for maybe five or ten minutes, mostly right at the end. It's all about the superbowl, but never, I mean never is a football seen. And the movie ends as the game begins. We never find out who wins.
Who exactly was this movie made for? People who hate the game, but like the idea of unhappily married players and murky, murderous gambling interests that surely surround every superbowl?
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Post by hobbesluigi82 on Jun 4, 2007 12:46:37 GMT -5
I don't see why Skydivers is so surreal. I've not seen it, but...so it's skydiving. It can be a hobby. So what?
Tealeaf is right - Superdome is a lot more bizarre, because unlike Skydivers, it didn't deliver on its subject matter.
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Post by Crowfan on Jun 4, 2007 16:25:09 GMT -5
To me, San Francisco International was surreal, especially when the boy, Davey, takes off in a plane to keep his parents from getting a divorce. And finding out how big David Hartman's face really is.
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Post by Amphigory on Jun 4, 2007 17:35:08 GMT -5
Out of those four, I'd go with Skydivers. Other than that, I think The Incredibly Strange Creatures... is a prime candidate.
Mechanical clowns and monkeys. Pointless shots of the carnival rides. Much spinning of the camera. Bright colours. Bad hair. Bad dancing. Sound so poor you can barely understand a word being said. Hypnotism. Carnies. Must I go on?
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Post by beljah on Jun 4, 2007 18:28:56 GMT -5
To me, San Francisco International was surreal, especially when the boy, Davey, takes off in a plane to keep his parents from getting a divorce. And finding out how big David Hartman's face really is. And the scene where he becomes disoriented after taking the call about his wife being taken hostage, the hatchet-faced mustang hood, Tab Hunter, the made-for-TV hippie...you've convinced me! I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter. |
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