Day #13 of the 30 day film meme...

[shadowkat]

It is Day #13 of the 30 Day Film Challenge.

The prompt is - A Film that puts you in deep thoughts.

Yeah, I know. WTF? Right?

I had to think about it...I already used Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in another category, so it doesn't work.

Going with...

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Had a discussion with my brother once - who felt that the casting should have been flipped.

Comments

[petzipellepingo]

I'm going with Koyaanisqatsi .

[shadowkat]

Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about that one.

[cactuswatcher]

I suppose I've had several that made me think a lot. but this is the one I remember thinking about the most. I wish it were required viewing for anyone called to be a juror. But then I suppose the message would just bounce off most people. One incident, four eyewitnesses, four stories.

Rashomon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCZ9TguVOIA

[shadowkat]

I've never seen it - someday I should. I've heard about it. Fascinating.

Agreed - should be required viewing, except lawyers and judges don't want people to serve on juries that are critical thinkers. I know this - because they told me that's why they didn't want me. A Federal Judge actually explained it to me, I was horrified and lost all faith in the system.

There's nothing like doing Jury Duty (more than once) to make you lose all faith in our system of justice.

[cjlasky7]

Rashomon is essential. Besides introducing Kurosawa to an international audience, it's the first example of a cinematic trope that has been copied thousands of times since: flashbacks by unreliable narrators.

[cjlasky7]

If you can't do "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," do the next best thing:

Being John Malkovich, dir. by Spike Jonze (1999)

The scene where Malkovich enters the portal to his own brain still blows my mind:

Malkovich?

Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich.

Mmmmmmm....Malkovich.

https://youtu.be/2UuRFr0GnHM

[shadowkat]

The movie that is notable for John Cusack's turn from leading romantic lead to character actor.

It is mind-blowing...and very disturbing, a kind of weird-ass reflection on narcissism and the nature of ego and manipulating others egos.

Good choice.

[cjlasky7]

Even more mind blowing? Apparently, this was Charlie Kaufman restraining himself. The original ending was supposed to be a puppet battle between Craig-as-Malkovich and Fleener (as in the guy who built the Fleener Building), operating a giant Harry Truman puppet...

And then it gets weird.

[atpo_onm]

Wim Wenders. 'Nuff said.

Wings Of Desire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzzR2Uklok