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Liquid Sky

What a crazy movie. I had no idea what was going on.

The movie is suppose to be about invisible aliens that come to earth looking for heroin. How typical for the ’80s huh?

They also kill humans during sex  because they find it similar to the high that heroin gives them.

Alright, already you’re thinking WTF, I know. It’s nuts. Bad, very bad keyboard music from the ’80s. The hair styles, the fashion, the acting. WOW. I didn’t know it could get this bad. Received a 5.6 on IMDB, I’d rate this probably a 2, just for the work and effort of filming something.


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Movie: Liquid Sky
Director:
Genre: Sci-Fi
Plot Outline: Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New… more | add synopsis
Awards:
7 wins
Cast: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady

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Liquid Sky

Telavista 1983, DVD, $15.19

3.5

Schizopolis

Schizopolis is a complete wtflick. I may even put it on the Top 10 List here. For most of the film, you can follow what’s going on. A corporate worker gets promoted and gets to write a speech for a successful writer.

As he struggles with the writing, he finds out that his wife is having an affair.

Steven Soderbergh (A Scanner Darkly, Traffic, Pleasantville, and others to his name) wrote and directed the film, showing his genius and madness at the same time. This is a must-see on the WTF movie list. Don’t pass it up.


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Movie: Schizopolis
Genre: Comedy
Tagline: Come early! Come often!
Plot Outline: Fletcher Munson is a lethargic, passive worker for a Scientology-like self-help corporation called Eventualism… more | add synopsis
Cast: Scott Allen, Betsy Brantley, Marcus Lyle Brown, Silas Cooper, C.C. Courtney

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Schizopolis – Criterion Collection

Home Vision Entertainment 1997, DVD, $24.24

4.0

I Heart Huckabees

What a crazy movie. I guess the term is existential. The film is about an eco-friendly guy (played by Jason Schwartzman) that meets on three occasions the same guy. He wonders what the meaning of this coincidence is and stumbles upon a company that calls themselves existential detectives.

There’s such a high power cast, I didn’t know what to expect. Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts, Kevin Dunn. Not a cast you’d think would end up on wtflicks. They pulled it off though. Discussing the big question, what’s life about, who am I, why am I doing this, etc. in a sorta of comedy and half serious way. Entertaining movie, but didn’t really get me thinking, just hit the surface of the thinking aspect, my guess is that’s on purpose. I think they wanted more average movie watchers to watch this one.

All in all, decent movie, if you’re bored with the usual, check this fun loving comedy out.


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Movie: I Heart Huckabees
Director:
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Tagline: An existential comedy
Plot Outline: A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins&4 nominations
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law

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I Heart Huckabees

David O. Russell (Producer). 20th Century Fox 2004, DVD, $5.94

3.5

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I Heart Huckabees (Two-Disc Special Edition)

David O. Russell (Producer). 20th Century Fox 2004, DVD, $11.85

3.5

Clean Shaven

What a bizarre movie. The movie is about a schizophrenic guy trying to get his daughter back from a foster lady. I guess he broke out of the mental ward he was in, because I see no way they would let him out.

Within the first four minutes, he kills a girl and steals a car. I guess it’s gonna be a pretty interesting movie. Police get after him, or so he thinks and takes off to find his daughter.

The main character played by Peter Greene and is not his normal acting self we’ve come to know him as. I don’t know if schizophrenia is really like it is portrayed in the film, but I think he does a good job.

Pretty decent movie, reminds me of some David Cronenberg movies the way it’s shot and directed.


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Movie: Clean, Shaven
Director:
Writer:
Lodge Kerrigan (writer)
Genre: Crime | Drama
Plot Outline: Peter Winter is a young schizophrenic who is desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive family… more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins&3 nominations
Cast: Peter Greene, Alice Levitt, Megan Owen, Jennifer MacDonald, Molly Castelloe

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Clean, Shaven – Criterion Collection

Criterion 1995, DVD, $17.99

4.0

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