Our theme this week is:
- "movies that you have to watch twice." Whether it is because it is very cerebral or there are clues you don't notice until you rewatch the movie.
Let's see what you got!
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Synechdoche New York. Charlie Kaufman wrote and directed it and it's amazing. It's basically about life and death and it offers two ways to live your life: to minimize your problems or inflate your problems and bathe in your regrets. It has a lot of symbolism and it's pretty surreal, but it's just 10 outta 10.
I wholeheartedly recommend the other suggestions. They are great movies that meet the criteria to a tee. Funnily enough, I just mentioned my suggestion in another comment. Mulholland Drive is a movie that takes at least two but maybe even more times to understand (or think your understand). It's a strange, cerebral film that really makes you think about what you're watching and how it's telling its story. It's David Lynch so it's pretty weird, but I really enjoyed it. There are theories and hints you can find on the Internet to learn the popular understanding of the movie, and figuring out what it means really opens it up in my opinion. Upsteam Color might take a couple watches also cause it's a bit abstract with the details of its plot. I need to watch it again. But it's Primer director Shane Carruth's latest film. Wouldn't say it's as complicated as Primer is though.
I like your taste in film dude, I vote Mulholland.
A lot of Lynch films fit the bill, IMO. Mulholland Drive is an excellent choice, and gets my vote (mostly because I'd love to get Hubski's take on it)
Primer (2004) is (IMO) a pretty well known movie, but it's one that practically forces you to watch it twice in order to piece together intersecting timelines.
No worries. Thought it was a goof up on my end!
This gets my vote. This movie has been in my queue forever, this is great motivation to watch it.
I originally read this as "movies you can't watch twice" and I was going to say Momento. Maybe that can be a theme in the future. LMFAO. It's lighthearted but I really loved Trick 'r Treat so much more the second and third time I watched it. The Conformist and In the Mood For Love both got way better the second time, but I have a feeling that was more because I was older / more mature / more informed the second time around. Anything by Lynch or von Trier makes a lot more sense (relatively speaking) the second time around, but I have yet to find a von Trier that I want to watch again. I might be down to see Dogville or Breaking the Waves again but....no not really.
Let's throw a bit of controversy in here Last Year at Marienbad is my suggestion.
I've watched it about 8 times now and I still don't get it.
I hope that reflects on the film and not on my brainpower, though I do worry :/
I'm a dab hand at the game with the matches now, at least.
I'm voting for lelibertaire's suggestion of Mulholland Drive. But I thought Caché by Michael Haneke was worth a mention for two reasons: -It's interesting in a meta way - the film explores what happens when we look at the same bit of film repeatedly. -Amazing cast - Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil. yay.
Also, does it have to be decipherable? Because if not, I'm really also going with Lynch's Inland Empire