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Let me tell you what i think makes a cult film. Not all of these apply to every cult film, but some may apply to certain cult films, that do not apply to others(if you get me)
1. Bad rep during release, meaning that the film is first sneered upon.
2. SEX, lots and lots of sex.
3. extreme use Foul language or violance.
4. Strange lingos and expressions.
5. Unusual characters.
6. If the film has a sequal(s) then there are usually links even if the films are completely different (Kevin Smith films for example)
7. Sad endings.
8. Enough plot twists to get you caught up.
9. Exploitation.
10. making the censors pull their hair out, trying to make the film less 'offending'.
11. A director that is a few sandwhichs short of a picnic, or so caught up in their art filled mind that the film becomes very surreal.
Did i miss anything? please feel free to correct me (unless you are obsessed with gimps and only desire to turn me into one)
1. Bad rep during release, meaning that the film is first sneered upon.
2. SEX, lots and lots of sex.
3. extreme use Foul language or violance.
4. Strange lingos and expressions.
5. Unusual characters.
6. If the film has a sequal(s) then there are usually links even if the films are completely different (Kevin Smith films for example)
7. Sad endings.
8. Enough plot twists to get you caught up.
9. Exploitation.
10. making the censors pull their hair out, trying to make the film less 'offending'.
11. A director that is a few sandwhichs short of a picnic, or so caught up in their art filled mind that the film becomes very surreal.
Did i miss anything? please feel free to correct me (unless you are obsessed with gimps and only desire to turn me into one)
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BradW wrote:
> as long as we respect each others views there is not a problem.
gimp.
haha
only joking :-D
> as long as we respect each others views there is not a problem.
gimp.
haha
only joking :-D
BradW wrote:
> What's you fave Coen film happy?
I think Fargo and Borther where for art
> thou? are great
I haven't actually seen Fargo, to my disgrace. But that's because i just cannot get a copy, and it's never on TV. It's being rereleased on DVD in 2003, though.. probably to coincide with "The Man Who Wasn't There".
I like Barton Fink and Blood Simple. Blood Simole was an impulse buy that started my Coen obsession. It's officially the only film to successfully use crossfades in the history of cinema. I also like the Big Lebowski, just because. "O Brother" was excellent by everyone else's standards, but average by Coens' standards.
> What's you fave Coen film happy?
I think Fargo and Borther where for art
> thou? are great
I haven't actually seen Fargo, to my disgrace. But that's because i just cannot get a copy, and it's never on TV. It's being rereleased on DVD in 2003, though.. probably to coincide with "The Man Who Wasn't There".
I like Barton Fink and Blood Simple. Blood Simole was an impulse buy that started my Coen obsession. It's officially the only film to successfully use crossfades in the history of cinema. I also like the Big Lebowski, just because. "O Brother" was excellent by everyone else's standards, but average by Coens' standards.
what's the matter tarrant? run out of gimp gas? trying to blame it on the sentence structure? just sit and stare at it a bit longer, maybe the words will start to mean something. if not, then don't bother hassling me again.
Find a friend, get a dog, have some therapy. Do anything, but just stop stalking me and let me get on with my posts.
Find a friend, get a dog, have some therapy. Do anything, but just stop stalking me and let me get on with my posts.
BradW wrote:
> i don't think i ever said that i did not like the idea of the feature. i just
> think that it would spoil the film for those of us who saw the arrangement as a
> needful part of the film's form.
Accepted, but a film does need something along the lines of message. Memento was a great film, but some people have criticised it as little more than brain-candy. It's obviously a well-made film, but it doesn't really say anything, it just shows you how a man's mind works, which is a good accomplishment, but overshadows the rest of the film. Memento does lots of good things, but these completely submerge the original intention of the story to the point where it almost becomes redundant unless you have a superbrain that allows you to completely understand the whole film. The whole point of Nolan's arrangement of scenes is that you do get confused, you do get lost, and you do forget things, and that's because for the time the film is on, you are Leonard.
Maybe Nolan couldn't achieve both at once - the subjective experience and the message, but the DVD does bridge that gap in part by letting you see a normal version of the film.
> i don't think i ever said that i did not like the idea of the feature. i just
> think that it would spoil the film for those of us who saw the arrangement as a
> needful part of the film's form.
Accepted, but a film does need something along the lines of message. Memento was a great film, but some people have criticised it as little more than brain-candy. It's obviously a well-made film, but it doesn't really say anything, it just shows you how a man's mind works, which is a good accomplishment, but overshadows the rest of the film. Memento does lots of good things, but these completely submerge the original intention of the story to the point where it almost becomes redundant unless you have a superbrain that allows you to completely understand the whole film. The whole point of Nolan's arrangement of scenes is that you do get confused, you do get lost, and you do forget things, and that's because for the time the film is on, you are Leonard.
Maybe Nolan couldn't achieve both at once - the subjective experience and the message, but the DVD does bridge that gap in part by letting you see a normal version of the film.
i am gld that you think that tarrant. Maybe i will invite you to some other gimpy people. I am sure they can show you how a gimp's life is led. But i am sure you already know seeing as though you have a strange fetish with them. It is as if you have some sort f link with us.
Is there something you are not telling everyone?
If you are me, i think you a bit of a closet case.
Is there something you are not telling everyone?
If you are me, i think you a bit of a closet case.
I'm just doing a piece of coursework on French cinema, which is why I write long posts about french films and know about cameras and stuff like that. I also have a fetish for director's commentaries, and Coen Brother's films..
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