Adult Fairytale type films
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connect_icut
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Does this count?
I'm quite partial to "Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural" and its delightfully harrowing carriage ride.
Eyes Wide Shut seems to fit in this category as well.
Eyes Wide Shut seems to fit in this category as well.
IdleRich
IdleRich
I wouldn't really say that Picnic at Hanging Rock is exactly what I'm after although it does have that air of mystery imparted through a child's lack of understanding so maybe it does. Great film anyway. Freeway is from a totally different direction but I suppose it fits the criteria as I described it.
That Lemora thing sounds very interesting - a little like The Reflecting Skin from the description which is often compared to Valerie so it should be on the right lines.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100469/
Anyone seen a Czech film from the seventies called Saxana?
That Lemora thing sounds very interesting - a little like The Reflecting Skin from the description which is often compared to Valerie so it should be on the right lines.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100469/
Anyone seen a Czech film from the seventies called Saxana?
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Paperhouse has a similar kind of aesthetic to the two films you mentioned, imo.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
That's the one, yeah - I remember it being brilliant.
Onibaba is based on a fairytale, I think.
Onibaba is based on a fairytale, I think.
Benny Bunter
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funnily enough im just about to start reading The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, I hope its good.
Benny Bunter
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Does Pan's labyrinth count? Haven't seen it yet but I just got the DVD after everyone raved about it to me.
Oh, and another one I haven't seen yet but heard good things about: Terry Gilliam's Tideland?
Oh, and another one I haven't seen yet but heard good things about: Terry Gilliam's Tideland?
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terrible. just simply terrible.
don't believe the hype.
you see. i am one who still believes in real film magic. and that, this tacky and pointless special effects laden bullshit is most certainly not.
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Benny Bunter
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You're the first person I've heard tell me that. I'm gonna watch it this weekend and tell you if i agree or not.
edit: I have seen Hellboy by the same director actually. Is it me or did that film make absolutely no sense at all. I just couldn't follow the plot, seemed ridiculously convoluted. looked nice though.
edit: I have seen Hellboy by the same director actually. Is it me or did that film make absolutely no sense at all. I just couldn't follow the plot, seemed ridiculously convoluted. looked nice though.
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I like tideland, alot of people hate it though. Its more to do with a childs perspective/world then fairytales really.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Tideland is pretty much exactly the kind of thing I mean.
I've never seen Pan's Labyrinth but something puts me off - it's the same guy who did The Devil's Backbone right? Everyone raves about it but for me it was only ok, I didn't hate it, I just didn't find it especially engaging in any way or on any level.
I've never seen Pan's Labyrinth but something puts me off - it's the same guy who did The Devil's Backbone right? Everyone raves about it but for me it was only ok, I didn't hate it, I just didn't find it especially engaging in any way or on any level.
Benny Bunter
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I thought Pan's labyrinth was really good zhao. What did you not like about it?
Lucia Lanigan
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Night of the Hunter, seriously. Chat around it tends to focus on the expressionist cinematography or depression-era setting, but it's pure, gloves-off fairy tale.