I don’t really think I’ve ever actually been ‘disturbed’ by a film, but Funny Games hit me pretty hard and Rabbits and Irreversible could both be called disturbing.
It’s funny you bring up Haneke, because one of the few films to ever “fuck my shit up” would be his Seventh Continent. Truly disturbing, and still haunts me to this day. Honestly, just thinking about it, and the ending chokes me up right now.
Spiral.
Seriously – look it up here and just look at the thumbnail image they’ve chosen to use for it. Then go watch it. Or don’t. (i’d recommend “don’t”)
Spiral.
Seriously – look it up here and just look at the thumbnail image they’ve chosen to use for it. Then go watch it. Or don’t. (i’d recommend “don’t”)
Spiral.
Seriously – look it up here and just look at the thumbnail image they’ve chosen to use for it. Then go watch it. Or don’t. (i’d recommend “don’t”)
sorry about all the replies :-[
>>“Cabaret” is pretty disturbing. I can’t say too much because I don’t want to divulge too much to those who haven’t seen it. In particular, one of the musical numbers drove me to tears…and I don’t mean in a sentimental manner. People who have seen (and heard!) the film will know exactly which song I mean.<<
Is it the one in the country beergarden?
“Come And See”
Yes, the Dnetprovotsk Maniacs video has to be the most disturbing “movie” I’ve ever, ever seen.
It is excruciaiting to watch… and will kill your soul, and if you’re like me, make you profoundly angry.
Anyone who naively believes in a just God will find their faith severely tested here….
Inland Empire
The only two that have really disturbed me greatly have been Irreversible and Salo. They’re obvious choices, but its not surprising considering their content and how its presented.
Of course there’s those films which are so weird they baffle you – like The Holy Mountain – but that’s an entirely different thread.
The only two that have really disturbed me greatly have been Irreversible and Salo. They’re obvious choices, but its not surprising considering their content and how its presented.
Of course there’s those films which are so weird they baffle you – like The Holy Mountain – but that’s an entirely different thread.
Sorry for the double post.
‘Salo’ has its share of moments. I found ‘The Goddess Bunny’ was pretty f**king weird (tranvestite mentally retarded club goers) Martyrs is pretty extreme and left me feeling beaten and bruised. Boxing Helena is just a joke if you ask me…Gummo has some strange imagery but nothing to leave you feeling creeped out. Still really want to see the B&W film ‘Freaks’ I have heard it is pretty bizarre. Going to watch ‘El Topo’ very soon…
I don’t know – have kind of seen it all I think at this point. Films like Hostel ruined the shock factor.
I’ve seen more strange stuff online. The ‘Pain Olympics’ viral clip was fun same with ‘Glass Ass’.
I’ve seen those two films and Braindead (or Dead Alive as its called in the US). I only just saw Meet The Feebles last week, which I managed to get on an out-of-print Region 2 DVD out of pure luck. It definately had extremely strong content, even more so than the other two films. Seeing a drug addicted Kermit the Frog convulsing on the floor of a bathroom is something you’re not likely to forget.
Meet the Feebles is classic. His best work by far
the reflective skin
Love Meet the Feebles Trevor the Rat is my favourite fictional Director.
he is up there for me.
my favorite being WC Fields directing a film in The Bank Dick
Well, I always though the lawnmower massacre at the end of Braindead was suitably epic for a low budget horror film, so Jackson had some experience going into The Lord of the Rings.
By saying disturbing, movies like Happiness or Welcome to the Dollhouse, and in the last time World’s Greatest Dad, appears in my mind. I didn’t see that coming in the case of WGD…the story was so twisted…and the kid from Spy Kids hahaha so f*cking pervert part he had to play. That kind of movies.
Others, a little more explicit like Carne or I Stand Alone or Martyrs I usually enjoy. :P
Probably John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos”
Just horrible and that Devine is a nasty motherfucker!
Salo, hands down. First I disliked the film actually, but later as time passed I realized the way this movie made me feel terrible is the reason its a masterpiece. No one can make a film that dark.
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Some unusual choices here…
“Antichrist”…really? Okay, I do caution people about it, but I saw it twice at the cinema. Not very disturbing (probably because She mutilated her own genitalia; if He had done it, against her will, THAT I would have found disturbing).
Interesting story: I had a pair of free double passes but ended up seeing it twice by myself. I got the passes from signing up to a mailing list after seeing this comedic splatter burlesque show (“Snuff Puppets”) where a “low drag queen” (a drag queen who is wearing minimal “feminine clothing” as is not really trying to pass) gets his (prosthetic) penis cut off with a pair off shears to reveal a (prosthetic) vagina.
It’s only just now I fully draw the (coincidental) correlation between the burlesque show and the film.
Dr. Gor:
No mention of “A Clockwork Orange”? Anyone?
What about “Blue Velvet”? I happened to see THAT scene between Frank and Dorothy during my childhood on television. I left the room but the memory stayed with me for years. It wasn’t until just a couple years ago I got to see the whole thing at a revival screening at the cinema. Great movie, I reckon.
“Cabaret” is pretty disturbing. I can’t say too much because I don’t want to divulge too much to those who haven’t seen it. In particular, one of the musical numbers drove me to tears…and I don’t mean in a sentimental manner. People who have seen (and heard!) the film will know exactly which song I mean.
Still, these are just works of fiction (although I would say what makes “Cabaret” so disoncerting is it draws much from the Nazis, who weren’t fiction, but I digress).
What REALLY disturbed me badly was “Fahrenheit 9/11” when the public execution in the arena is shown. Granted, the two people involved in the beheading (executioner and executed) looked rather small on the screen, but I could still make out the exact moment of the beheading clearly enough. NOT pleasant and I have no reason to see this film again.
Michael Moore even shows that Pennsylvanian politician blowing his head off in “Bowling for Columbine.” Despite what other good points Michael makes in his film, I’d say it takes quite a cheek to lambaste Charlton heston for being “insensitive” about the gun issue, only to close his film with a montage that includes a televised suicide.