Monday, April 13, 2009

Mindfuck Movies

Mindfuck Movies by Matthew Baldwin "Some movies inform. Some movies entertain. And some pry open your skull and punch you in the brain. MATTHEW BALDWIN gathers up the films that have caused him to clutch his head and moan."

I've now seen all of these except The Quiet Earth. I just saw Primer over the weekend and need to watch it again after looking at the timeline picture. I can't say it's a great film, but it is a great story done in an interesting way and it's quite impressive for it's $7,000 budget.

Also, Timecrimes needs to be on this list. I saw it at the IFFBoston last year and loved it. It's like Primer only it's also a very good movie. It just came out on DVD.

4 comments:

Roman said...

My latest mindfuck movie (not sure if it is not just 'fuck') is "Margot at the Wedding"... I could not even come up with some good activity afterwards to get over that movie...

Howard said...

I have not seen it though I mostly liked Squid and the Whale. I'm gathering yours isn't a strong endorsement.

Roman said...

Not a strong one at all... I remember, however, a strange new feeling after walking out of Kendall Cinema after seeing the movie. A question/feeling: would drinking some beer increase or decrease the headache and sense of unease I was having?.... (I decided to pass on drinking).

Ryan said...

According to this list, I have seen every mindfuck movie prior to 1990 and none since. I guess it's time to fuck up my mind some more...