I saw Solaris many years ago. Also (I think) Mirror (?) Alphaville?
"The Stepford Wives" was very good but I didn't have any idea what it was about, if you do of course it wouldn't have such a big impact. Similarly "The World's End" which I thought was just a comedy about a few friends... On 6 February 2014 03:10, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 05 Feb 2014, at 04:54, chris peck wrote: > > you guys should check out > > Dark City (has a platonic reality isn't really real thing going on) > Moon (has a memory/identity/AI thing going on) > > > That reminds me of "Total Recall". Which is not bad. > > > > Source Code (has a 'its just numbers being computed' thing going on) > > Tarkovsky's Solaris > > > > Ah! I re-saw this one recently (on youtube!) with a lot of pleasure. I > like it. > Like Kim I saw also "2001, Space Odyssey numerous times", when young. > > Bruno > > PS, I see a typo I made: the author of "SIMULCRON III" is Daniel Galouye, > (not Galouze!) > > > and Stalker are also pretty stunning if you can handle 10 minute shots of > dripping water and general Russian misery etc. > > happy viewing! > > :) > > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Films I think people on this forum might like > Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 12:25:00 +0100 > > > On 04 Feb 2014, at 08:33, LizR wrote: > > My son (15) has been trying to get us to watch Incaption for a while. Once > we get time... > > > > After "the prestige", that was rather disappointing, for me. > > My favorite movie is "the thirteenth floor", or the corresponding novel > "SIMULACRON III" (Daniel Galouze). > > According to some people, MATRIX is full of "allusion" to "conscience & > mécanisme" but I can't see it without falling asleep. I still don't know if > it is comp-correct, like simulacron III is. > Boring and not quite sexy, but I would have love it, I guess, if I was 12 > years old. > > Bruno > > > > > On 4 February 2014 20:19, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some more I can add that I enjoyed: > > Adjustment Bureau > Inception > Open Your Eyes (Spanish language, with subtitles). > > These are mainly virtual reality type movies. > > I'm going to add some of the others mentioned to my DVD service queue. > > Cheers > > On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 03:45:47PM -0600, Jason Resch wrote: > > Liz, > > > > Great recommendations, and excellent topic idea. > > > > The Prestige is the movie that got me interested in these topics and led > me > > to this list. Also, for US viewers, Chronochrimes goes by "Timecrimes" > and > > is available under netflix under that title. I found it to be the first > > realistic portrayal of single-universe time travel in any movie I have > seen. > > > > Somewhat off-topic being a TV series, but the recently reimagined > > "Battlestar Galactica" probes many of the questions of machine vs. human > > consciousness. I recommend it to Craig. > > > > Jason > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 12:14 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > One I've mentioned ad nauseum - "Memento". > > > > > > There is also "The Prestige", which I would definitely recommend. > > > > > > To avoid spoilers, I won't go into detail about why these films might > > > appeal, but they both address issues mentioned on this list (at least > > > tangentially, and in a fictional manner). > > > > > > I might also mention "Chronocrimes" for its portrayal of a block > univese. > > > > > > Sadly no one seems to have filmed "October the First is Too Late" > although > > > the 10-episode epic "Doctor Who" story "The War Games" comes close in > some > > > respects. In fact I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Who story was > > > inspired by Hoyle's novel, which I think appeared about 3 years > beforehand > > > if I remember correctly. 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