The craziest movies

David Lynch is a crazy genius, and each of his movies can be more or less tagged as 'crazy' (except maybe 'The Simple Story'). I just picked this one as a more obscure of his works.

'Being John Malkovich' struck me as very unusual in terms of both the story and the direction. It doesn't try to visually impress you. Cameron Diaz looks like a dull housewife; there are no special effects, no chases, very little suspence. Instead, the movie gets you by a geniously crafted story. The screenplay to this movie is A LOT beter than the movie itself. Looks like they ran out of budget filming it. If it were made according to the script, they would have probably made a movie that's greater than anything. I think Charlie Kaufman is by far the best screenplay writer of all time. His other movies are exceptional as well.

Though this movie is usually attributed solely to Quentin Tarantino, I think it couldn't have been that good without his co-author, Roger Avary. Neither of them ever reached the height set in this movie on their own. 'Pulp Fiction' started the whole new page in criminal movies, though I haven't yet seen a better movie in this genre. Why do I pick it as one of the 'craziest'? Well, it's that way in many respects, including warped storytelling, an unusual take on the criminals and drug addicts for that time, the gold watch story and many more.

This one is usually described as a filming of William Burroughs's novel. But in fact, there are only a couple of sentences from that novel quoted in this movie. The story and characters have nothing to do with the book. But the main character is clearly an image of William Burroughs himself. This is a story of an addict who loses the sense of reality (which is a common motif in many of David Cronenberg's works) and finds himself a double agent in a country called 'Interzone' whose mission is not quite clear. Though bizzarre visual effects are quite outdated, this movie is a true masterpice.

A long while ago, I caught a glance of this movie on TV at a friend's appartment, and was instantly hooked. Re-watched it several times afterwards. The movie is very violent and rude in many respects, but the thing that hooked me was unusual visual style of the movie and the way that it tells the story from unexpectedly changing points of view. The idea of this story also looks unusual to me: a guy and a girl find themselves natural born killers and become famous for their outrageous crimes. This is probably the best movie directed by Oliver Stone.

To me, the craziest thing about this movie (and I love it) is its ending, which is the opposite to the book's ending. In other respects, this movie is not usual as well. Based on the counterculture novel by Chuck Palahniuk, it smoothes up the most rough corners of the book, but still hits you in the face with one of the craziest and most dangerous main characters you could ever imagine... One could make all kinds of explosives, using simple household items.

Some would say this is just a stupid comedy. Sure, but show me another comedy that would be like this one. Jay and Silent Bob may be somewhat close, but they keep a bit of sanity. This one is just a feast of pure brainlessness and absurdity.

Bertrand Blier is the master of absurd. Most of his movies are quite crazy. Most of the time you just don't know what is real and what is not; what is serious and what is a joke. And yet, he tells consistent stories that show a very deep understanding of reality. I picked this one because it was the first of Bertrand Blier's movies that I've seen.

An Australian movie about a small crowd of survivors after the first strike in the nuclear war. They wait for the next strike that will put an end to everything, and meanwhile they hang out in an underground club doing all kinds of stupid things. Unlike most of the movies about the nuclear apocalypse this one is very gamine and rather crazy.