When I was in college(late 80s), my school had a thing called Cinema 320. It was actually just named after the theater room the films were shown in, but anyhow, you could bring cases of beer, and the ganja smoke filled the room while they showed alternative type movies. I remember Repo Man(the original), MadMax, The Gods Must be Crazy, Liquid Sky. I also remember seeing the 2 minute cartoon skit for what became the Simpsons. This was before the Tracy Ulman show.

We did this once a week, but those are the movies I remember.

I love alternative films.  Some of my favourite and weirdest would be.

The Grandmother - David Lynch



Eraserhead - David Lynch



Inaguration of the Pleasure Dome - Kenneth Anger



Roma - Fellini



Juliet of the Spirits - Fellini



Last year at Marienbad - Alain Renais



The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Louis Bunuel



Picnic at Hanging Rock - Peter Weir



The Last Wave - Peter Weir



Bad Boy Bubby - Rolf de Heer



The Devils - Ken Russell



Enough for now...more later.

Eraserhead was another one. I think that one actually influenced my story Ghost Catcher, as far as the imagery in the industrial setting.

Grandmother, never heard of it. Definitely want to check it out, thanks. Will check out the others too.

Liquid Sky haha.

Man, I actually paid to see that in the theater when it first came out.

Midnight show.

That trailer brought back some good laughs.  What a mess, that movie.

Here's more....

Three women - Robert Altman



Andy Wahol's Frankenstien



Animals are Beautiful People - by the same guy who did The Gods must be Crazy



Lisztomania - Ken Russell



200 Motels - Zappa



Seven Beauties - Lina Wertmuller



1900 -  Bernardo Bertolucci



Don't look Now - Nicholas Roeg



Gods and Monsters



Kwaidan



Uzumaki



Gozu



Night on the Galactic Railroad

Death Powder (The Japanese Eraserhead)

I watched the Grandmother on youtube the other day. Pretty cool, and it's interesting to see the seeds in early work that blossom later as the work matures. Aspects of the Grandmother, like using the simple filming technique to create strange, growing biological entities; the odd, repulsive meal they were eating; the bedroom as sanctuary; and the monstrous forms family love can take; all end up in Eraserhead. There seems to be an obsession with stairs that shows up in later work too.

When I went to Cinema 320 in college, I was not into film. We went in order to party. Most of the work probably went right over my head, though I do seem to remember quite a bit of it. I was never a film guy, have never taken a class on it or been to a discussion. Most of what I know is reading these threads the last six months. It is an interesting world, and I do feel I've been missing out. You guys have forgotten more than I'll ever know about film. But I do appreciate these little nuggets, and as many are on youtube, there is a lot to be learned from them.