Top 5 List (ala High Fidelity) : Vol 1

in my humble opinion, and also the esteemed opinion of many critics,
high fidelity is possibly one of the best films to date that marries both music and love.
inspired by the film's Top 5 List, i'm gonna come up with my own Top 5s.
i'll make a sweet start with films.
here goes...



Top 5 Beautiful Mind(fuck) Movies

what i refer to as mindfuck movies, really are, sophisticated and well-made movies that
takes you on a ride. movies that make love to your mind.



1) Requiem for a Dream (the kind that fucks your mind so bad it leaves you depressed)

i blame it on the highly stylized and intense cinematography that gets dimmer and grainier throughout the movie, and the accompanying chilling scores.
put them together and it drives you crazy.
director Darren Anorofsky has another film called Pi, which is just as eerie and frustrating.







2) Memento (the kind that leaves you in a constant state of confusion)

the story is told in an unusual mode of presentation- in a reversed chronological order,
with each scene telling a different story.
the storyline is not impressive and you know how it ends right from the start. but as they say,
it's not about about the story, but how you tell the story. and Christopher Nolan does it well.
i must add it was a very ingenius usage of black & white and colour in different scenes to distinguish the past and present. oh how i love the twist at the end!







3) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (the kind that just leaves you in utter disbelief)

this movie is bizarre. delightfully bizarre, right from the start till the end.
but it also kind of makes no sense (pun not intended)
great cinematography though.







4) Taxi to the Dark Side (the kind that leaves you disturbed for a longggg time)

it's a shocking documentary on all the harrowing details the Bush Administration
tried to cover up in the Iraq and Afghan war.
it was an eye opener, both figuratively and literally.






5) Being John Malkovich (the kind that leaves you mindblown with its originality and warpness)

i love this one so so so so much! I can't find the right words to describe this movie properly.
profoundly bent maybe? i read somewhere that they had a really hard time trying to get John Malkovich to play 'himself'. I'm glad he did.
Charlie Kaufman + Spike Jonze = warped delight :)




and have you ever seen Cameron Diaz in this frizzled state before?




omfg its 630 in the morning.
and not even stifling a yawn.