# Classic movies you don't get (Mad Max) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2000, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655 "2000-07-24T16:44:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/81 "2000-07-26T02:04:28Z")
We’re all sitting around drinking beer and discussing this question, and here are our picks for Classic cult flicks… -A Boy and His Dog -FutureKill (I could make a better movie with a video camera and six friends, but that’s not the point) - A Clockwork Orange \*\*\*\* (When we think of watching this film for the umpteenth time, we have the uncontrollable urge to do a little of the old in-out, in-out. Then maybe off for a little ultra-violence with Ludwig Van.) -Surf Nazis Must Die -Fridays -Heavy Metal (Buff cartoon chicks in tight leather. Need we say more?) -The Class of Nuke’em High (a little irradiated sex, anyone?) -Soylent Green (“It’s PEOPLE!”) -Barbarella 😃 To answer the OP…I agree with some earlier posters that “getting” cult flicks is not all that important. I feel though that the reason a cult flick becomes a cult flick is because it presents a point of view or an original vision of the future that appeals to a certain segment of the population. For whatever reason. My $O.02 (and ours) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/82 "2000-07-27T06:28:54Z")
Nitpick: Ken Russell directed **Tommy**. Ridley Scott directed **Thelma and Louise**. **Buckaroo Bonzai** is a steaming pile of dog poo. ---
**Author:** ![Shylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Shylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shylock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/83 "2000-07-27T06:55:38Z")
With all the Kubrick mentions, surprised no one mentioned \Dr. Strangelove\. Funny movie…with great roles by Peter Sellers. Speaking of Mel Gibson, has anyone seen \The Year of Living Dangerously\? Loved that one…for some reason I think of it as one of the most romantic movies I’ve ever seen. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/84 "2000-07-27T06:57:30Z")
Totally forgot about _A Clockwork Orange_ being a cult classic because it’s one of my favourite movies. I don’t think I would consider _Trainspotting_ a cult classic. I think it garnished too much attention and got too big of a following. Though, it is one of my favourite movies (and the book is also one of my favourites). Now, there is one movie that has been brought up here, a lot. And that is _Highlander_. Well guess what trailer I saw at the theater the other night: **Highlander: Endgame** Hmmm, I know I’ll see it, just because even if they do suck I check out the Highlander movies (being the good Scottish boy that I am). I have my fingers crossed that this one will be different. ---
**Author:** ![Shylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Shylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shylock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/85 "2000-07-27T07:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shylock \* > \*\*With all the Kubrick mentions, surprised no one mentioned \Dr. Strangelove\. Funny movie…with great roles by Peter Sellers. > > Speaking of Mel Gibson, has anyone seen \The Year of Living Dangerously\? Loved that one…for some reason I think of it as one of the most romantic movies I’ve ever seen. > > 🙂 \*\* Sorry … bad code. Should’ve looked like: With all the Kubrick mentions, surprised no one mentioned **Dr. Strangelove**. Funny movie…with great roles by Peter Sellers. Speaking of Mel Gibson, has anyone seen **The Year of Living Dangerously**? Loved that one…for some reason I think of it as one of the most romantic movies I’ve ever seen. :o ---
**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/86 "2000-07-27T11:06:00Z")
[QUOTE {B}I can’t remember that movie they made before “Raising Arizona” the one with Emmet Walsh and Dan Heydaya. \*\*[/QUOTE] That’s Blood Simple, a great movie. How about the film the Cohens made with Sam (Evil Dead) Raimi? That was called Crimewave. A horror-comedy. How about the film Static? or Trancers (somebody must have seen it). Does anyone know the name of that NZ film about Zombies? was it called Bad Taste? So many movies… ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/87 "2000-07-27T11:23:38Z")
Somebody else please tell me they know this movie : \*\*Vanishing Point \*\* It is excellent. **Pi** , by Darren Arenzeky. his first movie, very dark, very strange. Especially good if you know a bit of Maths. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/88 "2000-07-27T15:03:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by soulsling \* > But I totally got Harold and Maude, shucks, that was masturbation material for a short time of my young adulthood. **soulsling** , are you trying to tell me that you masturbated to a fantasy involving a 70 year old woman? Are you thinking of the right movie? Please tell me you aren’t… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/89 "2000-07-27T15:14:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Needs2know \* > \*\* … I absolutely despise Nicole Kidman and resist spending good money on her. Although I did enjoy that nice little thriller she made at the start of her career, what was it…you know the one on the boat with Sam Neill. God! I need some Gingko Biloba or something; my memory is like a sieve! \*\* _Dead Calm_. Also with Billy Zane as another evil guy on a boat. Did they ever figure out what happened to all the people on his boat? But I digress. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/90 "2000-07-27T15:20:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by egkelly \* > \*\* Why do film critics say that _Citizen Kane_ is one of the world’s best movies? It’s a piece of crap in my opinion. Orson Welles was always overrated, as both an actor and director. \*\* I don’t think it’s that bad, but I don’t get the big attraction, either. I saw a documentary on San Simeon on “America’s Castles” that was more interesting. Otherwise, it’s just the same “money can’t buy happiness” message we’ve heard a bajillion times. Okay, so Welles did stuff with the camera that had never been done before. Good for him! But … is that all? ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/91 "2000-07-27T15:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by a35362 \* > Okay, so Welles did stuff with the camera that had never been done before. Good for him! But … is that all? Yes, that’s all.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Brunetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/92 "2000-07-27T18:07:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moe \* > \*\* > Oh, I just thought of one - **Reefer Madness** Old, old movie warning about the dangers of pot. \*\* I’ve seen that! My parents got that for Christmas one year, they sit and laugh their asses off while watching it. Very strange movie! It’s like those really bad “educational videos” you’d get shown in school, only it’s feature-length. Yikes! I’ve also seen \*\* Happiness \*\* and was glad later that I’d seen it alone so I didn’t have to explain/justify the movie. It was pretty disturbing, but I did enjoy it. And I remember Videodrome too! My husband insisted that I watch it, and it was every bit as weird as he described. Fuct up! As for the ones I don’t “get”, I would cite \*\* Lost Highway \*\* and \*\* Crash \*\*. Explanations, please? ---
**Author:** ![Needs2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@Needs2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Needs2know)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/93 "2000-07-28T17:23:45Z")
Hey Moe and Everybody…I found this site. Pretty interesting. Some of the stuff we mentioned is here. [http://www.losman.com](http://www.losman.com) Needs2know ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/94 "2000-07-28T17:40:33Z")
Good site Needs. I got to get my ass to a video store. ---
**Author:** ![Needs2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@Needs2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Needs2know)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/95 "2000-07-28T17:59:13Z")
Gotta make sure the kids aren’t around when you rent most of that stuff. Pretty disgusting some of it. I’m gonna finish watching “Boys Don’t Cry” tonight. I started the first 15 minutes and had to stop watching last night. Looks pretty good though, Hillary Swank is very convincing. Oh yeah, couldn’t hardly believe it. Last night Fox ran “Event Horizon”. I watched a few minutes, they didn’t cut it very hard. Thought that one was fairly gory to be showing at 8:30 EST on a Thursday. Needs ---
**Author:** ![ChrisP\_One\_Kenobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@ChrisP\_One\_Kenobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisP_One_Kenobe)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/96 "2000-07-28T18:27:21Z")
Where can you find Re-animators? It has Kathleen Kinmont in it and she is one of my favorite actresses. I would love to see that film, but have not seen it for rental anywhere ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/97 "2000-07-28T18:29:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Needs2know \* > \*\* > Ok then who remembers…“Near Dark”, B vampire movie? Wasn’t Lance Henrickson in that one too along with what’s his name…you know…“We’re in some damned pretty shit now!”, Aliens, Twister, Weird Science. Brain fart again. What’s his freaking nameNeed2know \*\* Bill Paxton. ---
**Author:** ![egkelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@egkelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/egkelly)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/98 "2000-07-28T19:13:12Z")
Talk about crap! Ed Wood made some really lousy movies, but this one is the top! talk about a movie that has: -no discernable plot -grace “C” actors -laughable “special effects” (pie pan flying saucers suspended from fishing poles -the key member of the cast (Bela Lugosi) dies as filming begins Watching this turd is sheer torture-my hat is off to anyone who can sit through it! ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655/99 "2000-07-28T19:58:01Z")
Ones I didn’t get: **Blue Velvet Buckaroo Bonzai Brazil** (at least not until the end) Looking again at this list, maybe it’s not just the films themselves, maybe it’s just that I find all movies that start with the letter ‘B’ inscrutable. _shrug_ I like most of the others mentioned, although many to a lesser degree. Some, I haven’t seen, so will refrain from comment. A site with a list of interesting “cult” films: **Watch The Weird** [http://www.nmia.com/~pslock/cinema.htm](http://www.nmia.com/~pslock/cinema.htm) ---
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> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChrisP One Kenobe \* > \*\*Where can you find Re-animators? It has Kathleen Kinmont in it and she is one of my favorite actresses. I would love to see that film, but have not seen it for rental anywhere \*\* Re-Animator is out of print; however, I’ve seen it in rental stores. I recently replaced my dubbed copy with a factory copy on eBay. Of course, it was used, but tape quality is just fine. **Be careful** , however. This movie comes in a R-rated version. You don’t want this one. You want the original, unrated version. If you are shopping eBay, be sure this is clear before you bid. If you see it at the rental store, you can check the box easily enough to determine which version it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movies-you-dont-get-mad-max/26655.md?page=6)