Obviously there’s lots of weird trash in the direct to VHS/DVD/streaming ecosystems, but when it comes to something that actually got a first run theater release, what is your strangest?
For me, it’s Southland Tales. I actually kind of love this movie but it’s difficult to recommend because people you recommend it to might not look at you the same afterwards. The cast is positively stacked with big names, the movie looks great, and there’s a fantastic and really sad musical number half way through. This is the only movie that has truly captured the vibe of reading the biblical book of Revelation in that it’s making you go “wait, what?” every five minutes as it spirals into either intensely meaningful imagery or schizophrenia manifest on 35mm.
The strangest was Flow (2024), a Latvian animation film about a cat trying to survive during an apocalypse.
There’s not a single line of dialog in the whole movie, since there are no humans.
I watched it 3 times. Seriously, go check it out, it’s absolutely awesome.
I wouldn’t call it anywhere near the strangest that I have seen, but it was a very good movie. Very emotional.
Seen it. Tremendous piece of work.