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“…[a] spontaneous creation without thought to logic, reason or consequences.”–Richard Elfman on Forbidden Zone DIRECTED BY: Richard Elfman FEATURING: Hervé Villechaize, Susan Tyrrell, Marie-Pascale Elfman, Phil Gordon, Matthew Bright (as “Toshiro Baloney”), Viva, Danny Elfman PLOT: A curious girl wanders into the surreal “Sixth Dimension” located behind a door in her basement. There she . . . → Read More: 135. FORBIDDEN ZONE (1982) DIRECTED BY: Derek Jarman FEATURING: Nigel Terry occasionally narrates. There are no characters or speaking parts, and no actor can be said to be “featured” in this film; a pre-fame Tilda Swinton appears prominently in it, however. PLOT: An abstract, impressionistic view of Britain in the late 1980s, contrasted with nostalgic memories of simpler times. . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: THE LAST OF ENGLAND (1988) AKA Moment to Moment; Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos; Jive DIRECTED BY: Robert Downey, Sr. FEATURING: Elsie Downey PLOT: None, although certain strands (such as the idea that someone has been hired to convey two tons of turquoise to Taos tonight) recur throughout this series of brief sketches. WHY IT WON’T MAKE . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: TWO TONS OF TURQUOISE TO TAOS TONIGHT (1975) An Andalusian Dog “No idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted… We had to open all doors to the irrational and keep only those images that surprised us, without trying to explain why.”–Luis Buñuel on Un Chien Andalou DIRECTED BY: Luis Buñuel FEATURING: Simone Mareuil, . . . → Read More: 117. UN CHIEN ANDALOU (1929) Sedmikrásky “If there’s something you don’t like, don’t keep to the rules – break them. I’m an enemy of stupidity and simple-mindedness in both men and women and I have rid my living space of these traits.”–Vera Chytilová in a 2000 interview with The Guardian DIRECTED BY: Vera Chytilová FEATURING: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, . . . → Read More: 116. DAISIES (1966) To put it mildly, Even Dwarfs Started Small is a bit bizarre… Because Herzog’s film makes little direct reference to social-historical conditions outside of the sealed-of institution in which it takes place, questions remain as to what the film ‘means.’ It seems as though something is being allegorized, but little in the film helps decode . . . → Read More: 109. EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL [AUCH ZWERGE HABEN KLEIN ANGEFANGEN] (1970) “The montage of hermetic symbols becomes first dreamlike, then menacing; centuries of mystical thought are distilled into a series of voyeuristic fantasies, a kinky psychodrama backed by the carnival strains of a maleficent calliope. Anger intended Lucifer Rising to stand as a form of ritual marking the death of the old religions like Judaism and . . . → Read More: 102. LUCIFER RISING (1981) DIRECTED BY: Tony Palmer & Frank Zappa FEATURING: Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Jimmy Carl Black PLOT: 200 Motels is a series of sketches, experiments and concert footage loosely organized as a reflection on the mixture of insanity and tedium experienced by a rock and roll band on . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: 200 MOTELS (1971) DIRECTED BY: Carlos Atanes FEATURING: Marina Gatell, Ana Mayo, Paco Moreno, Ardiana Ferrer, Ignasi Vidal PLOT: On the night before the world is to be swallowed up by a black hole, a man discovers a world underneath his bed ruled by a chess-obsessed dominatrix queen. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: Carlos Atanes . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: MAXIMUM SHAME (2010) DIRECTED BY: Louis Malle FEATURING: Cathryn Harrison, Therese Giehse, Alexandra Stewart, Joe Dallesandro PLOT: A 15-year old girl flees a shooting war between the sexes and ends up at a farm estate inhabited by a bedridden old woman, a brother and sister both (like her) named “Lily,” a gang of naked children who . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: BLACK MOON (1975) |
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