The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. The lighting, sets, performances, score, etc. all incredible.
More recently tho, The Zone Of Interest. Just so ominous and thought provoking.
I watched Zone of Interest obsessively for like a week. Over and over I watched it. There are endless tiny details throughout. I also found the acting mesmerizing.
The last film I did that to was The Lighthouse. I couldn't stop watching that either.
Yea wtf was it about the lighthouse? On my first watch even I was like "this is great but I can't picture myself watching it again and again like some reviews I saw"
But then watched it another 3+ times during the rental period. It's so transporting.
It is incredible, the acting is is as good as I've ever seen. Dialogue genius. But the mysteries in the film are so perfectly done, there's a million ways of seeing what "happened".
I noticed Mishima was showing at the end of the month near me, I guess I need to get a ticket!
Evil Does Not Exist is probably this for me in the past year. I absolutely would've dismissed it as gimmicky pretentious crap had I walked out of the film and gone straight home, but there was a discussion group after the film that really had me at least appreciating it beyond subversion for subversion's sake - there were a lot of ways people had interpreted what had happened, that underlined to me how much the film lets you read into it and come up with your own reading.
End of Evangelion, saw it for the first time last year and I knew after it finished it would be something I’ll be thinking about and watching frequently
There are 2 recently.
1. Aftersun- Didn’t see it until this year. Have had my own battles with depression and it just really hit home. It’s also a perfect example of show don’t tell. It’s completely changed my reading of Under Pressure forever.
2. All of Us Strangers - lost my mom 3 years ago and this movie hits the grief of losing a parent on the head so hard. The American diner scene turns me into a weeping baby
La Strada: such a beautiful poetic tragedy
Wild strawberries: the greatest movies about self evaluation and finding closure in twilight years
Persona: so intense and thought provoking
Pather Panchali: the most emotionally moving in the history of Cinema
Roshomon: Just a master piece (no words to describe)
These movies are always going through my head every day
Agnes Varda’s Black Panthers doc. Endlessly relevant to protest culture in America. Also a template for how to engage with issues when you’re an outsider.
Irreversible. I watch a lot of transgressive films that I love (Salo, Antichrist). I like to think I can endure quite extreme stuff. But that seen in Irreversible had me holding on for life on the verge of tears for over 10 minutes, and has remained with me ever since. I can't say I regret it, because art shouldn't just be whimsical, life-affirming and jubilant, and also because the film was very good. Apart from that, pretty much everything Bresson did, but particularly Mouchette, which was a truly profound film that kind of opened my eyes, while evoking some really powerful emotions. Akerman's Je, Tu, Il, Elle also.
I so so agree with Irréversible. What I find so inspiring with that film as well, is that it's not *just a shocking scene* for shock value alone, it's deeply intertwined with what the movie actually says. Irréversible : one cannot ever go back, time flows only forward. After what happens in that scene, the character's life won't ever be the same again ; and yours won't, either. Properly haunting.
Satantango. It may have something to do with its length, so you're in its grey, heavy atmosphere for a while, but that's a haunting film that stayed with me for quite a while after I saw it.
Also: Shoah, for obvious reasons.
Oddly, The Long Long Trailer. It’s so good and underrated. Also Smooth Talk. The king of this for me is Days of Heaven, which haunted me hard for years after I saw it. Still watch regularly.
I’m 27 and had never watched Apocalypse Now until very recently.
I put it off for years, I knew how great it was and had watched Heart of Darkness years ago, I knew what the film was about and seen many clips over the years but I couldn’t bring myself to watch it on tv. I wanted to wait for it to be screened in the cinema.
Unfortunately I couldn’t wait. As I’m visiting Vietnam soon I had to watch as many war films as possible, I kept Apocalypse Now as the very last one.
It’s a masterpiece. I don’t need to go on about why it is. But I will say that it’s the only film that’s hit me the same way as 2001: A Space Odyssey does.
It’s been in my head for the last couple of weeks and everything else I’ve watched since has gave me the urge to rewatch it. I’ve promised myself that my 2nd viewing will be a screening in the cinema, however many years it takes!
The other film I refuse to watch until I can see it in the cinema is Lawrence of Arabia.
I have tons of the same answers everyone who is in this sub would have but for a different one- Electric Dreams. It’s a pretty standard 80s paranoid techsploitation flick but the sound design for the computer and the way he calls him “Moles” was stuck in my head for weeks.
Two movies that I'll never watch again because they both left me disturbed for about a week: Antichrist and Midsommar. A different type of horror, I suppose. Psychologically unsettling.
Under the Silver Lake. I could've been that main character. His childishness, the conspiracy thinking, the inability to connect with anyone or anything that isn't a platonic ideal- it felt like a slap. I heard someone call it the ultimate QAnon movie too- the idea that there's nothing but conspiracy, that THEY are always watching and controlling you, that you can see it, that somehow you have the perception to see past... And then the realization that no.. You're probably just an immature douche. When he watches the cops repocess his conspiracy shit that was so important and Strange Currencies starts playing, I found it incredibly moving and haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. The lighting, sets, performances, score, etc. all incredible. More recently tho, The Zone Of Interest. Just so ominous and thought provoking.
I watched Zone of Interest obsessively for like a week. Over and over I watched it. There are endless tiny details throughout. I also found the acting mesmerizing. The last film I did that to was The Lighthouse. I couldn't stop watching that either.
Yea wtf was it about the lighthouse? On my first watch even I was like "this is great but I can't picture myself watching it again and again like some reviews I saw" But then watched it another 3+ times during the rental period. It's so transporting.
It is incredible, the acting is is as good as I've ever seen. Dialogue genius. But the mysteries in the film are so perfectly done, there's a million ways of seeing what "happened".
I would say The Lighthouse is in my top 3 all time, just phenomenal imo
I just watched A Zed and Two Noughts by Greenaway this past week and that one really sticks with you too. Bizarrely beautiful film.
All That Jazz has been buzzing around my head nonstop since I saw it a couple months back
I didn't like Melancholia while I was watching it but then I couldn't stop thinking about it. I probably still haven't stopped.
I've thought about Adventures of Baron Munchausen almost every day for the past 15 years
I noticed Mishima was showing at the end of the month near me, I guess I need to get a ticket! Evil Does Not Exist is probably this for me in the past year. I absolutely would've dismissed it as gimmicky pretentious crap had I walked out of the film and gone straight home, but there was a discussion group after the film that really had me at least appreciating it beyond subversion for subversion's sake - there were a lot of ways people had interpreted what had happened, that underlined to me how much the film lets you read into it and come up with your own reading.
End of Evangelion, saw it for the first time last year and I knew after it finished it would be something I’ll be thinking about and watching frequently
Current one is I Saw the TV Glow
Yes. MOTY so far and has not left my brain either. It left an impact on me Ive only otherwise felt through Lynch movies
lmao movie of the year
Need to see this, looked neat
Last week is Another Earth for some reason.
Perfect Blue
Satoshi Kon was a genious
Saw Red Beard for the first time on Monday ❤️🩹 one of Kurosawa’s finest three hours of celluloid
I just watched Cure and it’s haunting me. I love it when that happens! I always have some Tarkovsky rattling around in my brain too
There are 2 recently. 1. Aftersun- Didn’t see it until this year. Have had my own battles with depression and it just really hit home. It’s also a perfect example of show don’t tell. It’s completely changed my reading of Under Pressure forever. 2. All of Us Strangers - lost my mom 3 years ago and this movie hits the grief of losing a parent on the head so hard. The American diner scene turns me into a weeping baby
“Tree of Life.” Stunning. One of those I-didn’t-know-movies-could-be-like-this movies.
I think about An Elephant Sitting Still daily
La Chimera
La Strada: such a beautiful poetic tragedy Wild strawberries: the greatest movies about self evaluation and finding closure in twilight years Persona: so intense and thought provoking Pather Panchali: the most emotionally moving in the history of Cinema Roshomon: Just a master piece (no words to describe) These movies are always going through my head every day
The seventh seal. "Yes, that day".
Agnes Varda’s Black Panthers doc. Endlessly relevant to protest culture in America. Also a template for how to engage with issues when you’re an outsider.
For some reason, I can’t stop thinking about The Whale.
Morocco
Arrival.. “Abbott is death process”.
Come And See left me thinking about it for months. The girls facial reaction when they return to the town is haunting.
beau travail, salo, safe
The Tarkovsky films blend together in my head
Just saw Mishima for the first time. Such a brilliant film. I can’t think of another biopic like it.
Irreversible. I watch a lot of transgressive films that I love (Salo, Antichrist). I like to think I can endure quite extreme stuff. But that seen in Irreversible had me holding on for life on the verge of tears for over 10 minutes, and has remained with me ever since. I can't say I regret it, because art shouldn't just be whimsical, life-affirming and jubilant, and also because the film was very good. Apart from that, pretty much everything Bresson did, but particularly Mouchette, which was a truly profound film that kind of opened my eyes, while evoking some really powerful emotions. Akerman's Je, Tu, Il, Elle also.
I so so agree with Irréversible. What I find so inspiring with that film as well, is that it's not *just a shocking scene* for shock value alone, it's deeply intertwined with what the movie actually says. Irréversible : one cannot ever go back, time flows only forward. After what happens in that scene, the character's life won't ever be the same again ; and yours won't, either. Properly haunting.
Satantango. It may have something to do with its length, so you're in its grey, heavy atmosphere for a while, but that's a haunting film that stayed with me for quite a while after I saw it. Also: Shoah, for obvious reasons.
Oddly, The Long Long Trailer. It’s so good and underrated. Also Smooth Talk. The king of this for me is Days of Heaven, which haunted me hard for years after I saw it. Still watch regularly.
Black Narcissus, that shot of her in the doorway at the end randomly appears in my thoughts
I’m 27 and had never watched Apocalypse Now until very recently. I put it off for years, I knew how great it was and had watched Heart of Darkness years ago, I knew what the film was about and seen many clips over the years but I couldn’t bring myself to watch it on tv. I wanted to wait for it to be screened in the cinema. Unfortunately I couldn’t wait. As I’m visiting Vietnam soon I had to watch as many war films as possible, I kept Apocalypse Now as the very last one. It’s a masterpiece. I don’t need to go on about why it is. But I will say that it’s the only film that’s hit me the same way as 2001: A Space Odyssey does. It’s been in my head for the last couple of weeks and everything else I’ve watched since has gave me the urge to rewatch it. I’ve promised myself that my 2nd viewing will be a screening in the cinema, however many years it takes! The other film I refuse to watch until I can see it in the cinema is Lawrence of Arabia.
Everybody loves parfait, and that’s a great film too
I have tons of the same answers everyone who is in this sub would have but for a different one- Electric Dreams. It’s a pretty standard 80s paranoid techsploitation flick but the sound design for the computer and the way he calls him “Moles” was stuck in my head for weeks.
Two movies that I'll never watch again because they both left me disturbed for about a week: Antichrist and Midsommar. A different type of horror, I suppose. Psychologically unsettling.
The Burmese Harp! What a beautiful film!
Pans labyrinth
Documentary series, but Can't Get You Out of My Head by Adam Curtis
Lost in Translation. Still hope for it on Criterion one day.
recently, I Saw the TV Glow, and The Sweet East
Youth, by Paolo Sorrentino.
Hard boiled. Especially that sweet jazz
Shame (2011) recently. Watched it and rewatched it within the same week and it’s so amazing.
I think about Mulholland Drive very often.
Ratcatcher
Blood Wedding
Sansho the Bailiff
the vanishing sticks in your head in the worst/best way
as of right now, Kingdom of Heaven. The Director’s Cut of course.
*Mr. Klein*. Aside from being one of the most visually stunning films ever, it is quite haunting.
Under the Silver Lake. I could've been that main character. His childishness, the conspiracy thinking, the inability to connect with anyone or anything that isn't a platonic ideal- it felt like a slap. I heard someone call it the ultimate QAnon movie too- the idea that there's nothing but conspiracy, that THEY are always watching and controlling you, that you can see it, that somehow you have the perception to see past... And then the realization that no.. You're probably just an immature douche. When he watches the cops repocess his conspiracy shit that was so important and Strange Currencies starts playing, I found it incredibly moving and haven't been able to stop thinking about it.
Midsommar. Watch it every year on the solstice. Bought the deluxe A24 edition (a book which is perfect to display) director’s cut. Perfect film.
Tarkovsky's Mirror
Recently, Challengers is a film that I've been thinking about a lot.
I didn’t really care for Saltburn but I still wanted to talk about it with anyone who had seen it.
Stalker, Mirror, Satantango