I was so pissed at Space Odyssey the first time I saw it, 1968 (15 years old), this was not the kind of space movie I expected. However, I grew to appreciate its brilliance, although the book explains it better!I was scrolling through 'What Movie are you Watching' and got to think about the films I have seen that just totally blew my mind, so much so that I had difficulty getting up after the film. I just had to sit there for a couple of minutes to collect myself.
For me, it was a couple of films.
First and Always - 2001 A Space Odyssey.
I saw it when it first came out, in a Cinemascope theatre. It still gets me over 50 years later.
Second, a film you have never heard of - if... from 1968 (providing a linky for the curious)
with a very young Malcolm McDowell.
It is based in a British boarding school, and as I was boarding at a similar institution in Aus. it resonated a lot with me and my mates that I saw it with. No spoilers but it had an apocalyptic ending. So much so that at the end, the whole audience just sat there stunned, except for the one young lass who piped up with a loud "Shiiiiiiit..."
What other films have left you feeling like that?
A New Hope- I had seen the ads on TV, it seemed a little hokey, but it’s one of those movies, that not only blew me away, but a friend and I went to see it 3 times in the theater, in the days before home media.Star Wars A New Hope has stuck with me my whole life.
But in terms of how a film that blew my mind when I saw it in the cinema, Schindlers List. The whole audience left without saying a word. It never had the same affect when I saw it on the TV at home some years later.
At a young age I watched "Animal Farm." It left a rather lingering effect so I would say it blew my mind and not in a good way.
Well alas, I don't want to go too deep here. I see it as not "communist" but Stalin's communism which is akin to fascism and totalitarian systems. Orwell was somewhat a democratic socialist if I recall correctly.We read the book and watched the film in high school, presumably as an anti-communist polemic. However, I now see its lessons all around as a warning about Privilege in general...
We read the book and watched the film in high school, presumably as an anti-communist polemic. However, I now see its lessons all around as a warning about Privilege in general...
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs