Post by tlbodine on Nov 11, 2022 22:58:44 GMT
There's a game I like to play with myself where I pair off movies into a great double feature based on vibes, themes, aesthetics, etc.
It's like pairing a delicious meal with the perfect wine.
Here are a few pairings I've thought about recently:
Anyway, those are a few of mine. Tell me some of your perfect double features and why!
It's like pairing a delicious meal with the perfect wine.
Here are a few pairings I've thought about recently:
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972, dir. Lucio Fulci) and Alice, Sweet Alice (1976, dir. Alfred Sole)
Alice has such American giallo vibes that it pairs off really nicely with Fulci's work. Both of these deal with child murder, condemnations of the Catholic church, and coming-of-age themes.
Alice has such American giallo vibes that it pairs off really nicely with Fulci's work. Both of these deal with child murder, condemnations of the Catholic church, and coming-of-age themes.
Midsommar (2019, dir. Ari Aster) and The Northman (2022, dir. Robert Eggers)
Both deal with Nordic folk horror, albeit in very different ways and time periods, but watched back-to-back you get such a rich experience of compare/contrast. A less cynical pairing would be to watch The Northman alongside The Green Knight (2021, dir. David Lowery) since both are kind of quiet, dreamy, visually beautiful, narratively unusual movies built on mythology.
Both deal with Nordic folk horror, albeit in very different ways and time periods, but watched back-to-back you get such a rich experience of compare/contrast. A less cynical pairing would be to watch The Northman alongside The Green Knight (2021, dir. David Lowery) since both are kind of quiet, dreamy, visually beautiful, narratively unusual movies built on mythology.
Lamb (2021, dir. Valdimar Jóhannsson) and My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020, dir. Jonathan Cuartas)
These are both stories about isolation and family and the concessions people make on behalf of the otherworldly, inhuman creatures they need to care for (a sheep-headed child and a sickly vampire, respectively). They're about what happens when a family can't seem to agree about what an acceptable level of sacrifice and responsibility is and the tragedy that occurs when people don't communicate and let things fester. And they're both just...visually/tonally similar in a way I can't quite describe.
These are both stories about isolation and family and the concessions people make on behalf of the otherworldly, inhuman creatures they need to care for (a sheep-headed child and a sickly vampire, respectively). They're about what happens when a family can't seem to agree about what an acceptable level of sacrifice and responsibility is and the tragedy that occurs when people don't communicate and let things fester. And they're both just...visually/tonally similar in a way I can't quite describe.
They Live (1988, dir. John Carpenter) and Videodrome (1983, dir. David Cronenberg)
Television, consumer culture, subliminal messaging, immaculate 80s vibes, what's not to love? Add on The Howling and The Stuff and Gremlins 2 for an entire syllabus of 80s horror. I'd teach the hell out of that class.
Television, consumer culture, subliminal messaging, immaculate 80s vibes, what's not to love? Add on The Howling and The Stuff and Gremlins 2 for an entire syllabus of 80s horror. I'd teach the hell out of that class.
Anyway, those are a few of mine. Tell me some of your perfect double features and why!
