10 Movies That Will Make You Go "Huh?" When you watch a lot of movies, every once in a while you’ll come across one that baffles you, and the range of reactions to this encounter are pretty fascinating.
These types of movies aren’t simply the mindtrip types of movies like Inception or Memento that are labyrinthine in terms of their plot progression but are fairly clear by the end in what they’re about. Truly confusing movies, the type where you’re left wondering what the hell you just watched and what the point of it even being made could have been, can create responses anywhere from anger and resentment towards seemingly pretentious filmmakers to delight in the abstract, personal meaning a viewer can derive from something deliberately vague or opaque. I watched Upstream Color recently. It’s the new film from director and indie hero Shane Carruth who is known for his 2004 microbudget science fiction film Primer. So I thought I’d consider other movies that have had a similar effect on audiences. Next 1) Primer Previous Next. 8 Movies Only The Most Bitter, Cynical Person Could Hate.
10 Movies That Completely Changed In One Scene. Being surprised by a movie is one of the unique joys that cinema can offer, a feeling that is nearly impossible to replicate elsewhere.
Every time we watch a movie we’re investing something, usually a healthy (or unhealthy) portion of time and money, and the hope is that we’ll have a return on this investment in the form of being entertained, feeling feelings, and receiving inspiration. With this comes expectations that we tend to wish will be fulfilled, which is often where genre comes into play: the anticipation that because we’re seeing a science fiction or western or horror movie (or the surprise of an animated movie, like Up, featuring possibly the most elegant tear-jerker sequences ever conceived), a certain set of familiar concepts and sensibilities will come across.
There is pleasure in having these desires fulfilled, but also in having them be upended or subverted without warning. Here are 13 movies that completely shift gears before our eyes over the course of a single scene. Gabriel Macht. Gregory Smith. Ali Larter. Scott Caan. Colin Farrell. Jennifer Lawrence. Michael Cera. Jesse Eisenberg. Natalie Portman. Emma Stone. Ryan Gosling. Anne Hathaway. Keira Knightley. Www.YouModelandAct.com. New York Film Academy Alumni. After graduating in May 2010, Sal Irizarry partnered with fellow alumni Jane Basina and Waj Arshad to produce his first feature film, Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship.
He oversaw a SAG signatory production that used NY State tax credits and received $100,000 in advertising support from the “Made in New York” Marketing Credit Program. He also executive produced the documentary, Showing Up: A conversation about the audition, partnering with actor James Morrison, best known for his role as Counter Terrorist Unit Director Bill Buchanan on 24. After shopping both projects at the 2012 American Film Market in Santa Monica, he secured digital distribution for both movies through NYC based distributor, FilmBuff, founded by Cinetic’s Jon Sloss.
Bert and Arnie’s Guide to Friendship was released in June 2013 and Showing Up is slated for a February 2014 release. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991. Christina Ricci.