SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board / General Chat / cinema 320
Posted by: leitskev, August 13th, 2011, 8:42pm
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.
Posted by: mcornetto (Guest), August 13th, 2011, 10:32pm; Reply: 1
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.
Posted by: leitskev, August 13th, 2011, 10:52pm; Reply: 2
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.
Posted by: bert, August 13th, 2011, 11:02pm; Reply: 3
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.
Posted by: mcornetto (Guest), August 13th, 2011, 11:44pm; Reply: 4
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
Posted by: mcornetto (Guest), August 19th, 2011, 7:12am; Reply: 5
Death Powder (The Japanese Eraserhead)
Posted by: leitskev, August 19th, 2011, 7:47am; Reply: 6
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.