[JayF]

I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind this weekend and kept thinking how this would make a great double feature with Slaughterhouse Five, Lost Highway or even Zardoz. I've heard a lot about The Holy Mountain and El Topo, but have never seen either one.


Any other recommendations along the same line? I wanted to call the thread best "mind f***" movies...

 

[eweiss]

THE TRIP with Peter Fonda.


It's a "flipper" disc with PSYCH-OUT (Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern) on side B.


$9.99 "Midnight Movies" series - well worth the price for a look at '60s psychedelic films.


These are more "head trip" movies (literally) than "mindf***" movies. FACES OF DEATH is probably a good mindf*** series, though I haven't seen any of them and don't intend to. They would likely be really mindf****** if you were tripping while watching them.

 

[Paulidan]

The Swimmer

i can see where certain personalites would not 'get' this film, but it hits me pretty hard. a very trippy film.

Solaris (the Soderbergh remake) is another that packed a mighty head punch for me.

 

[learnedhand]

I really liked Eternal Sunshine also.


Vidoedrome is a disturbing movie.


The main character is played by James Woods, who accidentally comes across some kind of underground snuff film. Then things get really weird after that. I won't spoil it for you.


Not the best film of all time, but it has some images that will stay with you for a very long time. The last time I seen it was at least 15 years ago, and there are seveal scenes I still can't get out of my mind.


Here's some more info if your interested.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/


I looked it up on Amazon. Cheapest price was something like $30 bucks.


LH

 

[eweiss]

MULHOLLAND DRIVE is a "mindf***" movie.

 

[Dean Roddey]

Titus is definitely in that category, IMHO, and a very interesting watch.

 

[roland6465]

I like a good Memento/Requium For a Dream double feature.............from time to time.

 

[Shaded Dogfood]

2001 was the one back in the day. El Topo too, and Fantasia. If... is not bad either.

 

[magillagorilla]

jacob's ladder, although the idea's been rehashed so many times now that it doesn't have the same effect that it used to

 

[Dean Roddey]

Jacob's Ladder was pretty disturbing to me when I first watched it. In the vein of 'six degrees of Tim Robbins', "Arlington Road" is a good one also.

 

[rmostad]

Andrei Tarkovsky - Stalker

 

[GreySkies]

Fantasia was always nice, but I preferred Allegro Non Troppo. I think Jacob's Ladder is a bad trip.

 

[Paulidan]

forgot 12 Monkeys,

and one that would slightly apply is a romantic comedy called Happy Accidents.

 

[Couch Commander]

Blue Velvet is a good one. Another really strange one is Boxing Helena.

 

[UberNerd]

Train Spotting has some intense moments plus some pretty funny ones in a kind of weird way.


Peace,

 

[kevinp8192]

Courtney Cox's new film "November" is in this vein. I saw it at Piper's Alley here in Chicago on Sunday night. Didn't make a lot of sense...or at least I don't think it did. Ah Hell I don't know.

 

[ChicagoBearsOwn]

What The Hell Is Wrong With You People......................................................


Donnie Darko!

 

[David James]

Little Murders

Read about it on IMDB and Amazon - wonderfully bizarre

 

[gillcup]

Un Chien Andalou

Eraserhead

 

[Bob McLaughlin]

Angel Heart

Dark City

Swimming to Cambodia

Funny Games

Naked Lunch

Pi

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Secret Window

Slacker

Waking Life


And of course, my favorite head-trip movie, BARTON FINK!