I'd say it's more a cross between Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars. Has some elements of Django in there too.
It's a parody of Japanese culture, like how the Japanese randomly use English words (wrongly) because they think it's cool. An obsession with the west.
It's Takashi Miike, so you know it's good.

Also, American Astronaut

>>2750749
>It's Takashi Miike, so you know it's good.
He's hit or miss. As a popular example, I thought Ichi the Killer was mediocre. Good for a shock film but just as a movie overall it needed a lot of tweaks.

I wish I had the .gif still, of the sword vs gun fight. That's what made me watch that movie. Holy fuck blocking a sword with the trigger guard.

Next up is Dumplings. It is a film about a woman who eats dumplings that are supposed to promote eternal youth. She eventually discovers that these dumplings are made of aborted fetuses, and then conspires to eat an incestuously aborted child.

The whole movie is absolutely disgusting, but it was really well done.

I have, as they say, netflixed it.

The American Astronaut
A funny, space western, musical. Absolutely amazing sound track.
It's in black and white, with some scenes rendered with paintings (in lieu of special effects) and still manages to create a beautiful atmosphere.
If you're looking for a mental workout or deep plot don't bother.
If you want to watch an entertaining movie it's definately worth a look.

The Good, The Bad, The Weird
A very hit or miss movie. A korean western set in Manchuria (I think), the movie follows a plot very similar to it's spiritual inspiration by Sergio Leone.
The film mostly follows Yun Tae-Goo (The Weird, inspired by Tuco) and the events that follow after he finds a map to burried (Russian?) treasure.
Yun Tae-Goo is an amazingly engaging and interesting, albeit fucking weird, character that binds the movie together.
'The Good', Park Do-Wan is awesome as fuck. The only thing that put me off was his fucking moustache.
'The Bad', Park Chang-i is a shit character.

There's a great scene towards the end with the black market gang, the Chinese army and the three lead characters all charging towards to treasure. Explosions, guns everywhere, lever action rifles, horses and trucks. Fuck yes.

Good acting, interesting (albeit recycled) plot. Definately worth a watch IMO. Don't kill me for that one /tv/.

Re-Cycle. Very peculiar movie, but I liked it. I just wish they had toned down the jumpy bits, since it made it seem kinda shallow at those times in spite the fantastic visuals and fairly interesting plot.

A black comedy b-movie starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis.
What more do you want?

Interesting premise, intentionally campy and generally a good watch.
The acting is, although not great, enjoyable.
Starts off well, doesn't end as strong but still worth the hour and a half spent watching it.

>>2750859
That actually sounds pretty damn cool, I'll have to check out American Astronaut. Never even heard of it.

People very wrongly compare this to Fight Club.
They are completely different films that share one plot device.
I won't claim to have fully understood this movie.

Slower than my previous recommendations, but very interesting nonetheless.
Brings up some interesting points. Acting is great.
Bonus points for Bale not using a stupid voice.

The Fountain.

I have no idea what the fuck is going on in this movie.
Something about Christian mythology and the bible or something.
I don't fucking know.
What I do know is that this movie is beautiful like no other movie. Absolutely stunning.
Think that last portion of 2001: ASO.
Don't bother watching it if you can't get it in good quality with a good resolution, on a good tv (or monitor for piratefags).
I don't know if it's out on bluray. If it is, get it on that.

>>2750766
Shouldn't be too hard to remake considering that part is in the trailer. Now if only I knew how to make gifs...

Run, Lola, Run was a great movie. Lola receives a call from her boyfriend -- he lost $100,000 from a transaction that was supposed to occur and he will be dead by the end of the day if he fails to deliver the money. The movie follows three different versions of how the day could play out, and is a very good film.

>>2750944
where the hell can i watch this? you have a torrent link?

i'd also like one for tokyo gore police if anyone has that.

pic related, very strange but good.

Twelve Monkeys

This was made when Brad Pitt could act.
Set in the future, the present and the past- the movie is about what happens to the world after a virus kills 90 odd percent of the population.
This has been suggested to people numerous times in /r9k/. With reason!

It has twist at the end, Shyamalan style- but it doesn't detract from the movie.
Interesting themes are brought up, time travel etc.
Was the main character crazy, were the events in the movie real, was he really from the future, etc.
Interpret it whichever way you choose, it's good either way.
The closing scene of the movie really leaves a lot to be interpreted. Brilliant!

I feel like I'm the only one posting.

>>2751211
There's a torrent on the Pirate Bay, not sure if it has subtitles.
I watched it on a plane on my way home from a recent trip.

Videodrome


Sleazy lowlife cable TV operator Max Renn discovers a snuff broadcast called "Videodrome." But it is more than a TV show--it's an experiment that uses regular TV transmissions to permanently alter the viewer's perceptions by giving them brain damage. Max is caught in the middle of the forces that created "Videodrome" and the forces that want to control it, his body itself turning into the ultimate weapon to fight this global conspiracy

No picture, but I highly recommend Horton Hears a Who.

Assume what you may about this movie, but it is beautifully done and really has a good message in the end. I actually fucking cried in the theatre. Jim Carry and Steve Carrel are both phenominal with their voice acting, and the imagination of the animators and Dr. Seuss is sweet.

Oldboy. You've all seen it. Most of you loved it.
For those that haven't seen it the actor ate a live octopus for one of the scenes.
Also, incest is wincest.
Go watch it. There's really nothing else I can say.

The Fall (2006)

Early 1900s, stuntman in a hospital w/ an ulterior motive tells a story to a little girl, which we see as she interprets it. Only similar movie I can think of is Pan's Labyrinth.

Not necessarily a 'strange' film, but one everyone should watch before they die.
Clint 'the motherfucker' Eastwood stars as The Man With No Name in For A Few Dollars More.
Often overlooked in favor of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly this film is one that certainly should not be underestimated.
I'm sick of typing so I'll leave it at that.

I keep getting fucking muted for the images. Bullshit.

The Cell has some of the best art direction ever. If only games were this trippy

Pan's Labyrinth.

Can't be fucked writing anything. It's in Spanish, with subtitles.
Beautiful movie. Visual director is a God.
Interesting undertones. Can be interpreted that the girl is crazy.

>>2751353
>>2751417
For everyone's info these are by the same guy.

>>2751425
but the movie has a completely useless plotline connected

Chungking Express. even if you don't like it it'll get you chicks

>>2750944
FUCK YEAH THE GOOD THE BAND AND THE UGLY

>>2751017
FUCK YEAH BUBBA HO TEP

>>2751116
FUCK YEAH THE FOUNTAIN

>>2751353
FUCK YEAH THE FALL

>>2751425
FUCK YEAH PAN'S LABYRINTH

Only a few movies to see then and I am an official strange movie guru.

>>2751436
You probably didn't understand the movie.

>>2751436
Shh, you'll put them off. It's still worth watching.

>>2751353
So cash.
My favorite ever, tied with slumdog millionaire

in b4 THERE BOTH SHIT KILL URSELF

seriously? no-one?

clockwork orange. a classic.

"yes my brothers, tonight was going to be a night to remember..."

Bumping this. I've seen a lot of these, wanting more. Has anybody seen 'Boy A?' I downloaded it and haven't watched it yet, don't know if I want to sink time into it or not.

>>2751451
I understood the movie completely. One of things you'll learn as you grow older is that even the most "intellectual" movie has crap. Tell me where it was necessary to have all the shit about facist spanish rule

>>2751507
Ofelia's little fantasy world was a place she created for herself where she was actually important, to cope with the agony of being stuck in the middle of the horrible real-world situation and not being able to do anything about it.

in b4 cube

>>2751531
but what was beginning seqeunce and ending?

Primer. Guys in a garage discover time travel.

If you watch it once and understand the whole thing, you're either a liar or a savant.

>>2751579

I don't know, haven't seen the movie in ages. I just recall the stuff that I wrote and that the RL storyline seemed fitting to me.

>>2751507
To parallel the young girls rebellion to the political struggle of their time.

Anyways...

Yes, Cube and Cube Zero. But not Cube 2: Hypercube, which was awful imo.

you want takashi miike?

Visitor Q will make you LOL WUT

Suspiria - highly stylized slasher
Paprika - wonky dreamy anime film
Abre los ojos - like Philip K. Dick?
Solaris - something about love in space
The Science of Sleep - something about love in dreams
Cat Soup - short and sweet
8 1/2 - watch this
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes - don't know why I love this
El Topo - I don't love this
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - told by the perspective of a paralyzed man
Primer - newbie time travelers fucking with themselves
Voices of a Distant Star - think you have it bad with a girlfriend in Canada?
The Fountain - three narratives conjoined
Inland Empire - Eraserhead is better
Barton Fink - they won't admit it, but they owe Kafka a blowjob
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - existentialist or something
-AND NOW FOR SOME FRENCH SHIT-
La planete sauvage - beautiful yet bizarre animated scifi
Le voyage dans le lune - pioneering, ancient, oddly hilarious
L'annee derniere a Marienbad - a dreamlike loop
Les yeux sans visage - this is where horror is meant to go
Le temps du loup - post-apocalyptic,
L'age d'or - a surrealist's psychoanalysis of the Victorian mind
La cite des enfants perdus - good old movie fun

Was he an alien?
You decide.

I've always really wanted a movie that is what "No more heroes" is to videogames.
and Sukiyaki Western Django looks like exactly that, thanks, will get movie soon.

>>2751116
I don't think it was that hard to understand. I liked it, but honestly it was a little slow. 2001 was also slow as fuck, but it looked pretty all the fucking time, which was great.

If your girl wants to see this on a first date, run.

>>2751783
I quite enjoyed the change of pace, every now and then cinema needs a break from the norm.

>>2751425
I thought that was how it was meant to be interpreted. Is there any other way to interpret it? The ending pretty overtly expresses that [SPOWLERRR] It was all in her head [/SPWOLLERRR]

>>2751417
that movie was a piece of shit, i had to watch it with a girl and she thought it was scary

it was fucking stupid, trying too fucking hard to be trippy

that same fucking girl had the nerve to tell me old boy was the worst movie she had ever seen

glad i don't hang around that tasteless wench anymore

>>2751904
Both are shit, actually...

>>2751926
well at least we agree on one thing

the cell sucked

>>2751820

No. If you see the interview w/ the director he says that it is expressly implied that it was real and that she was meant to be the queen and that she had passed the final test.

>>2751937
See that's what I thought, but I didn't want to be the only one to say anything

The Wall
Being John Malkovich

>>2751810
HOLY FUCK YES.

Also by ellen page (not that it makes it a better movie)
Is an indie canadian movie called "The Tracy Fragments"

OH MY GOD, PERFECTION.
The story is basically.... bah! fuck you, that's not important. What's important is how the movie is shot, which is almost entirley in -split screen, with each part of the screen representing something else about tracey on her quest for <shit that doesn't matter>.

Here's where you can watch it. I highly recommend getting the higher quality one, it's really important when some of the windows are so small you can't see shit, save a few pixels having sex.
That's right. Sex.


Online version (shit quality, do not watch unless retarded)
http://watch-movies.net/movies/the_tracey_fragments/

Good quality, although its a torrent with 5 seeders right now (I'll make it six) worth the wait if you're into quality/ have a hueg monitor.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4121788/The.Tracey.Fragments.2007.PROPER.LiMiTED.DVDRip.XviD-EPiC.

??? version.
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=KODJMCRN
(A megaupload of the movie, can't confirm quality)

>>2752017

Heyyy, I saw that movie at VIFF! It was pretty good. The lady who wrote it teaches at my university.

Requiem for a dream was pretty good, and I've just picked up "Pi" by the same director and watched a few minutes of it, and it looks REALLY good. I'm saving it for a rainy day/friends to watch with*/free time/when I feel like watching it.


*Yeah, right ;_;

>>2752232
I saw Pi when I was 12.
Now I'm here.

>>2751691
I audibly loled at this. I don't know if you were meaning to be funny or not but it was a hilarious post.

>>2752272
I was getting worried there, yes I was trying to be funny.

>>2752255
Dear brother,
Your anecdote is riveting.
From your brother,
With love
Anonymous.

This movie was Different but overall i enjoyed it

"Repo! The Genetic Opera"

link related
http://beta.vreel.net/watch_12823.html

>>2751683

Memo?

>>2751683

You see what the other posters did? They attached the poster and a good reason for us to watch the films. Don't just come in here and dump your shit like that.

Cool thread though, seen a lot of these films and they sure do fit in the weird category. The Cell sucks, but the scene with the horse was kind of cool. Films with Jennifer Lopez tend to suck.

>>2752463

but hes the only one with decent taste, compared to everyone else's "omg takashi miike hes so fucked up and fucked up = good amirite just like chuck palahniuk"

>>2751598


I just finished watching Primer. It's been on this computer for ages but I forgot about it.

FFFFFFFFFFFFF

I did some research on it. 9 TIMELINES GOING AT ONCE IN THIS MOVIE??!?! TAKING TIME MACHINES BACK IN TIME!?!?!?!

FFFFFFFFFF

Holy shit, amazing but WHAT THE FUCK

>>2751683
I know this thread wont be here forever

here is a link of this awesome post for anyone who just want to bookmark it .

You know, for those who dont want to be bothered to create a .txt

http://freetexthost.com/bovczf0rb0

>>2752510

There are 3 Miike suggestions in this thread, but yeah, it's a pretty solid list. Even the anime in the list is good. Can't say I've watched any of the French movies, even if I have I won't recognize the French titles.

Mind Game: A nobody gets shot up the ass and killed in a restaurant after cowering on the floor while the love of his life gets molested. He is then given another shot at life by God. Car chase, living inside of gigantic whale, really weird animation and an uplifting story.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Though it was made in 1920, this classic will keep you interested, even creeped out. It deals with a carnival coming to a small town. One of the first German expressionist films, so there's definitely something here for you hipsters too. When I think of tasteful plot twists in horror, this is the first and among the best.

little otik. mmm svankmeyer

La Jetee
Someone posted Twelve Monkeys. Fuck that. This is the short film it's based off of. No WaCkY hijinks in this, just fanfuckingtastic direction through standalone photos and a simple, bleak narration.

>>2754046
Looks very interesting, I'll have to check it out.

>>2752346
Just finished watching this. Hella got my brain thinking about corruption and capitalism and now I'm hella raging at the status quo. It was also entertaining.

brb 400 blows

>>2753018
I'm actually sort of touched. Is that allowed on 4chan? Besides /an/, that is... Thanks for the appreciation.

I really really really enjoyed this movie! It was so sad to see her struggle against the world she was born to, near life-changing. I cried

>>2754244

/r9k/ would be better if most of the posters didn't feel that they have to force an internet tough guy attitude. I can sort of understand most of the "Interest" boards having that attitude since people tend to rage about those things in real life as well. /b/ hangs over the boards like an oppressive shadow.

>>2751598
Anyone got a working torrent for this?

>>2753981
>>2754046

These look very interesting. I am downloading or trying to download most of the films in this thread.

>>2753338

For anyone interested, here's a working torrent. http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3323052

I'll spare the recommendations but here's a nice little community for cult, foreign, and generally obscure film. Close to 10,000 items up at present and all rapidshare. You'll need to sign up but it's free.

http://www.surrealmoviez.info/news.php

Cool thread. Thanks.

>>2755697

There's also a torrent for the DVD image at asiandvdclub.org if you've got a user there.

I heard "Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef" should be a really win movie, and I'm pretty sure I watched it years ago when I was much younger... But I searched the Internet with no results, anyone happened to stumble across it?

>>2755838

Can't find it either. Soundtrack sounds good http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FoLfzIzjmUI

Also:
Brazil - 1984 on drugs
Naked Lunch - by David Lynch iirc

Last Year in Marienbad. Also Mon oncle d'Amerique. Both by Alain Resnais
Also. The man of the line. Now that's a weird Dutch movie.

>>2755936
david cronenberg, actually, you can smell the B-movie geekery.

I'm just using this post to bump this shit yaw.

>>2751305

I agree, that one one wierd ass film

Nine Lives of Thomas Katz & its relative Le Roi De Coeur

John Waters flicks, the last one is very good

strange british hippy shit like the Magic Christian and Withnail & I, best theatrical drama ever put to tape

hippy-era new wave director movies, my favourite is Giulietta of the Spirits by Fellini

Walkabout by that australian hotshot director from the 70s

Altman's imagining of The Last Goodbye, the man was great when doing literature.

>>2755893
Might buy both movie and OST, will upload if that happens..

But please, if anyone ELSE stumbles across it let us knooooow!

motherfucking this.

'the good, the bad, the weird '
most entertaining movie of 2008.
korean western made by the director of 'a tale of two sisters'

>>2756416
If you read the thread, you'd have seen it's already posted. But yes, looks awesome.

>>2751211
Entire movie is subbed on youtube in high quality:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6086DC06C0CD2D3F