Nihilism.
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Nihilism.
Clockwork Orange
Blade Runner
Akira
Fight Club
Seventh Seal
er. . . .
Blade Runner
Akira
Fight Club
Seventh Seal
er. . . .
Fight Club is ok. I don't exactly know about the rest, maybe CO.
That requires too much thinking. Natural Born Killers?
Akira definitely fits into the category. Blade Runner's at a stretch probably.
Fight Club
Full Metal Jacket
The Machinist
The Big Lebowski had nihilists in it.
(I'm struggling here)
Full Metal Jacket
The Machinist
The Big Lebowski had nihilists in it.
(I'm struggling here)
ok. Dystopian.
Akira's a bit blurry, I've seen it too long time ago(don't like anime, but I liked this one)
Big lebowski for sure. Not sure about Fight Club or FMJ fitting in there. I'd say the movie would need a lot of "Who gives a feck?" kinda attitude to fit the category.
In film
The defining contemporary portrayal of Nihilism as a central theme is arguably Fight Club, usually expressed by the antagonist's credo "It is only after we have lost everything that we are free to do anything." However, while the makers of the movie may have meant this to be nihilist, it references more closely the Existential belief that free will is infinite responsibility. The film describes the unnamed narrator's disillusionment with the search for meaning in consumerist emasculated society, and his subsequent Nietzschean reaction.
Yeah, FC is the best fit.
I was thinking about Blade Runner. But i think it is in the end.
Terminator is about a dystopian future, so yeah.
Twelve Monkeys for sure.
Mad Max is more post apocalyptic than dystopian, surely. Although, it probably fits into both categories.
OK. a good one. Tragic hero.
Brazil
Warriors
Escape From New York (most JC films)
Terminator?
Battle Royale
Warriors
Escape From New York (most JC films)
Terminator?
Battle Royale
I deleted loads of films from my list because I thought they were more post apocalyptic than dystopian, bu tI guess loads fall under both.
SW EP 3
Throne of Blood
Citizen Kane
Izo
Bladerunner
I tried not to go into the antihero category too much, but thats always a stretch
I deleted loads of films from my list because I thought they were more post apocalyptic than dystopian, bu tI guess loads fall under both.
Yes. Thing is, post apocalyptic is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Mad Max. But it's dystopian, too, as it's not exactly utopian.
I think Mad Max II or III would be more dystopian than I. I mean those had proper societies.
Memento
Batman Begins
The Green Mile (though not particularlly good)
Most super heroes have an underlying element of tradegy about them, that's what their powers are born from.
Batman Begins
The Green Mile (though not particularlly good)
Most super heroes have an underlying element of tradegy about them, that's what their powers are born from.
Hmm. This one is tough.
Yes
as Spoony said, if you like movies like Eternal Sunshine or Being John Malkovich, you would enjoy it. Though I thought Gondry didn't do full justice to this one, he could have done better.
Yeah I liked ESOTSM, so I think I will purchase this one.
Good point. I guess, all three aren't the best examples of dystopia, though.
Memento is the best one(not in terms of quality, although it is brilliant), but it fits the category perfectly
Right.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Citizen kane
Revenge of the Sith
Amadeus
Memento
Citizen kane
Revenge of the Sith
Amadeus
Memento
That reminds me, Gondry made one of the best concert films with Block Party.
16 Blocks
Twelve Monkeys
La Haine?
Twelve Monkeys
La Haine?
16 blocks? Was that any good? The trailers were so shit that I didn't bother watching it.
They didnt fail, they just died, did they? I mean the peasants were saved. A tragic hero for me is someone who fails because of reasons he/she wasnt responsible for.
But that might be just nitpicking.