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Entries Tagged ‘2005’

RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: FEED (2005)

DIRECTED BY: Brett Leonard
FEATURING: Alex O’Loughlin, Patrick Thompson, Gabby Millgate, and Jack Thompson
PLOT: A psychopathic opportunist known as a “Feeder” enables bedridden, morbidly

obese women to grow even more grossly overweight, to the point of immobility.  As their caretaker, he keeps them alive, but gradually feeds them to death.  All the while, he [...]

SATURDAY SHORT: AUTUMNIR (2005)

Autumnir is an artistic short filmed in a park in Germany using minimal subjects.  It’s also seasonally appropriate.   Alec Crichton, the creator of this short, has a remarkable talent for taking ordinary entities, and making them look atypical.

For more information on Alec and his work visit http://www.crichton.tv/.

HEART OF THE BEHOLDER (2005) & THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST (1988)

In 2005, Ken Tipton made a labor of love, an indie film called Heart of the Beholder, regarding the true story of the initial video release of Last Temptation of Christ and the effects it has on a family who owned a small video chain in St. Louis, Missouri during the 1980s.
The CFD, Citizens for Decency, arrived when the owners of [...]

31. FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT [NAISU NO MORI: THE FIRST CONTACT] (2005)

“Only appearing in your dream.  Distorting every sound to create a world like to other.  This is what they live for; jumping from one person’s dream to another.  Once you have been chosen, you will lose all control of your dreams.”–from the script of Funky Forest: the First Contact

DIRECTED BY: Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Isimin (AKA [...]

CAPSULE: STAY (2005)

DIRECTED BY:  Marc Forster
FEATURING: Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts
PLOT:  A private practice psychiatrist takes over the case of a suicidal art student after

his regular therapist takes a leave of absence due to stress, and discovers the case has metaphysical as well as psychological implications.

WHY IT’S ON THE BORDERLINE:  Stay gets a pretty weird vibe [...]

CAPSULE: EDMOND (2005)

DIRECTED BY: Stuart Gordon
FEATURING: William H. Macy
PLOT:  A latently racist and mentally addled accountant leaves his wife, spends

an impossibly long night touring the NYC commercial sex trade and meeting lost souls, and finally ends up in prison.

WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST:  Edmond isn’t so much weird as terminally confused.  It’s true Tarot cards keep [...]

17. TIDELAND (2005)

“[Producer] Jeremy [Thomas] knew [raising money to make Tideland] would be difficult, particularly because the film is very, very weird.”–Terry Gilliam

DIRECTED BY: Terry Gilliam
FEATURING: Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jeff Bridges
PLOT:  Jeliza-Rose is a nine year old girl with an active imagination who is being raised by a pair of junkies.  When her father spirits her [...]