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“It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before—a weird fusion of live action, story-telling and of the surreal.”–Pink Floyd the Wall Director Alan Parker on the movie’s Cannes premiere DIRECTED BY: Alan Parker FEATURING: Bob Geldof, Kevin McKeon, Jenny Wright, Bob Hoskins PLOT: The movie begins with a man sitting motionless in a . . . → Read More: 94. PINK FLOYD THE WALL (1982) Pink Floyd the Wall has been promoted to “Certified Weird” status. Comments have been closed; please post all new comments on the official entry. DIRECTED BY: Alan Parker FEATURING: Bob Geldof, Bob Hoskins, Jenny Wright PLOT: A rock singer, “Pink,” isolates himself in a hotel room and reflects upon his life while slipping . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: PINK FLOYD:THE WALL (1982)  6 comments - (Comments are closed)  List Candidates  1982, Alan Parker, Animation, British, Depression, Drama, Musical, Recommended, Rock and Roll, Rock opera, Self-Indulgent DIRECTED BY: Tim Rutili FEATURING: Angela Bettis, members of the indie-rock band Califone PLOT: A fortune teller carries out her psychic reading business in a country house inhabited by a slew of ghosts. The spirits do not haunt her, but keep her company; they’re one big family. When the ghosts see a mysterious light . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: ALL MY FRIENDS ARE FUNERAL SINGERS (2010) DIRECTED BY: Pearry Reginald Teo FEATURING: Layton Matthews, Chad Grimes, Santiago Craig PLOT:Various characters lives entangle when the gateways to Hell open. They seek lost loved ones or retribution, which can be granted by learning the mysteries of a Ouija board… carved into human flesh. Of course there is a price to pay, and . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: NECROMENTIA (2009) DIRECTED BY: Ingmar Bergman FEATURING: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullman PLOT: An artist is haunted by memories of his past. While isolated on an island with his pregnant wife, his demons catch up to him. Madness and delusion creep deeper into his mind as a gang of mysterious island dwellers intervene in the couple’s . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: HOUR OF THE WOLF [VARGTIMMEN] (1968) DIRECTED BY: Nikos Nikolaidis FEATURING: Meredyth Herold, Michele Valley, Panos Thanassoulis PLOT: An alcoholic detective searches for a lost love, presumably dead, and ends up a captive of two psychotic women. The women (a mother and daughter) ceaselessly torture the helpless and incapacitated victim. He remains mute as they participate in bizarre sexual . . . → Read More: RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: SINGAPORE SLING [Singapore sling: O anthropos pou agapise ena ptoma] (1990) DIRECTED BY: Takeshi Kitano FEATURING: Dankan, Takeshi “Beat” Kitano PLOT: A horny loser tries his best to get laid. He decides his main goal is to have sex in a car and when that doesn’t work, he embarks on various escapades to gain money or notoriety; he even goes as far as becoming . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: GETTING ANY? [MINNA YATTERUKA!] (1994) DIRECTED BY: Danny Perez FEATURING: The music of Animal Collective and a bunch of unknown actors. PLOT: Zilch. ODDSAC is completely without narrative, or much coherence. The only line of dialogue is, “Yeah, he hates chocolate. He hates everything but green beans,” spoken by a young girl with a southern drawl. Oh, and . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: ODDSAC (2010) DIRECTED BY: David Lynch FEATURING: Kyle MacLachlan, Kenneth McMillan, Patrick Stewart, Sean Young, Sting PLOT: As simply as I can put it: set in the year 10,191, inhabitants of three planets attempt to gain control of the “spice” Melange. The substance extends life and allows space travel. Whoever controls the spice controls the universe. The . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: DUNE (1984) [BLU-RAY] DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg FEATURING: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne PLOT: A disturbed man is released from a mental institution and sent to live in a halfway house. While there, he traces back to his childhood to remember a troubled past and the tragic events that shaped his current mental instability. WHY IT’S . . . → Read More: BORDERLINE WEIRD: SPIDER (2002) |
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