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Oh yeah, couple more animation flicks. Paprika and Paranoia Agent are both great. Paranoia Agent is a 13 piece series. My ego is insane, but I'm alright
The path of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. -William Blake
Lavos is a fictional character, a dream inside a dream. Don't take what he says to be true or representational of reality in any known form. He is inspired by pure fantasy.
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Neil gaiman films come to mind. Mirrormask, Neverwhere (not a film, it was made into a British miniseries though) and to a lesser extent, Coraline.
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Sleep Dealer... VR maquiladoras and sharp political allegory... Ender's Game on the Mexico/US border?!! Check it out! "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool." Richard P. Feynman
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Thanks for all the input!! Here is a list of films I haven't seen and will check out as per your recommendations:
The Lathe of Heaven Brainstorm The Thirteenth Floor Tron Men In Black - i have been avoiding this one for years (Will Smith drives me bean-anas...) but if endlessness recommends it... Ghost in the Machine The Lawnmower Man Ink Spirited away Metropia paprika paranoia agent mirrormask neverwhere coraline sleep dealer ender's game - not a movie yet, and the studio has allegedly no one attached to direct, but on IMDB they list 2013 as the release date... Welt am Draht Welcome to Blood City The Island Brainscan Cube 2 And ones I need to check out again:Open Your Eyes Total Recall Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie - been a long time. film school... 12 monkeys The fountain - saw this and can't remember a THING about it... flatliners Primer - i had frgotten about this one. need to see it again - i was exhausted when I saw it and was unprepared for the mindfuck that followed!! Cube Thanks again everyone, and keep em comin'!! JBArk JBArk is a Mandelthought; a non-fiction character in a drama of his own design he calls "LIFE" who partakes in consciousness expanding activities and substances; he should in no way be confused with SWIM, who is an eminently data-mineable and prolific character who has somehow convinced himself the target he wears on his forehead is actually a shield.
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I love that Paprika.
Some awesome scenes in there.
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ahhh this is an amazing list of movies that i have to watch!!!.... was going to say spirited away.. but has already been said... how about Princess Mononoke.. i think it's by the same person who did spirited away metropia looks stinkin awesome "ender's game - not a movie yet, and the studio has allegedly no one attached to direct, but on IMDB they list 2013 as the release date..." WHHAAAAT.. no way.. i've read about half of the books... and ender's game i've read a few times already... such an awesome book series everything posted by godling is false information.. just imagination at work
I am learning not to search for eve anymore but to just 'be' with her for she is already the other half of my soul and one day we'll organically meet as we reach across the cosmos to one another..now comes the light of love
shine as bright as the flame in the pupil of my eye
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ahhhh... just saw the preview for this The Adjustment Bureau... http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2768439065/everything posted by godling is false information.. just imagination at work
I am learning not to search for eve anymore but to just 'be' with her for she is already the other half of my soul and one day we'll organically meet as we reach across the cosmos to one another..now comes the light of love
shine as bright as the flame in the pupil of my eye
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soulfood wrote:I love that Paprika.
Some awesome scenes in there. I second that!
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Hi, godling wrote:
"ender's game - not a movie yet, and the studio has allegedly no one attached to direct, but on IMDB they list 2013 as the release date..."
WHHAAAAT.. no way.. i've read about half of the books... and ender's game i've read a few times already... such an awesome book series
I would love to see 'Ender's Game' made into a movie, but I'm worried it's one of the novels which can't be presented in movie format very well. But let's hope for the best. I see few anime recommendations here, so I'd like to add one too. In my humble opinion, Kenji Kamiyama is one of the best anime directors. 'Ghost in the Shell : Stand alone complex' TV series is the cult. Cooperated on Akira, Kiki's delivery service, Blood: the last vampire as well. But here is his later creation, the best anime of 2007: 'Guardian of the Sacred Spirit (Seirei no moribito)' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029248/
One of those stories which exactly fell under 'film that present an alternate reality'. Visually stunning too. Will put tears in your eyes  Highly recommended for any anime fan. Masterpiece! Screenshots: http://www.csfd.cz/film/...ei-no-moribito/galerie/
Here is some list for your pleasure: http://timmaughanbooks.c...uld-see-before-you-die/
Few missing, but guy has a good taste. 'Mononoke' TV show is visually tripy, if someone played 'OKAMI' on ps2 or Wii knows what I mean... I read in CINEMA magazine that 'Cowboy Bebop' gonna be made into holywood movie next year with Keanu Reeves playing main role So let's wish for the best Regards, 'Life is an illusion designed to keep your mind occupied while you are digested by God.'
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Looks interesting, definitely one for the list! The love story/free will thing though - trust hollywood, right? Against all odds, love, this time against the makers of the universe!! LOVE SHALL PREVAIL!!! JBArk JBArk is a Mandelthought; a non-fiction character in a drama of his own design he calls "LIFE" who partakes in consciousness expanding activities and substances; he should in no way be confused with SWIM, who is an eminently data-mineable and prolific character who has somehow convinced himself the target he wears on his forehead is actually a shield.
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The movie "Contact" with jodie foster shows how she goes into hyperspace through alien-planned machine, somewhat similar to DMT...
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^^ Loved 'Contact', great hard sci-fi novel and movie. Carl Sagan is my personal hero... 'Life is an illusion designed to keep your mind occupied while you are digested by God.'
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Yeah and it's funny how the mainstream idea for this "hyperspace experience" is to get an alien plan for multi-government gigantic machine and then fall through it to get blasted off... When we actually have DMT for the same purpose 
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Wave Rider wrote:Might I suggest What the Bleep Do We Know? and to a lesser extent Pi Pi is pretty good imo, but I'd be weary of "What the bleep do we know". Apparently it's little more than a propaganda piece for a cult called Ramtha's School of Enlightenment led by "channeler" and mystic J. Z. Knight. According to JZ, Ramtha is a 35,000 year old Babylonian God who holds the secrets to enlightenment. But Ramtha quotes the same books that JZ has read and mispronounces to same words that JZ mispronounces. Go figure.  It's worse than that though. According to Wikipedia Knight terrorizes cult members who try to leave by telling them that the "Lizard people" with get them if they abandon Ramthas protection.
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Remember the J-lo movie (yeah i know, J-lo) "The Cell"?
Even if it's not the best movie it's amazingly shot, made by a guy who makes music videos and commercials.
It involves entering peoples dreams.
Oh yeah, he also made another surreal movie called "the fall"
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Thanks for the post Jbark, my Matrix movie download is finishing in a few minutes and then I stumble on your post, damn my bandwith limit will take a punch I AM.
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I don't know if this is an 'alternate reality' film, but " F is for Fakes" - the documentary by Orson Wells and last movie he directed is pretty amazing. A lot of it has to do with what art really is, what it means and whether it actually matters if it's a forgery or not. Includes wonderful shots of Elmyr De Hora, the famous art forger, burning perfect replicas of Matisse, Picasso, etc. works in a fire and uses his forgeries as a jumping off point. Also deals with War of the Worlds and the false biography written about Howard Hughes. It's in no way a true documentary, though, so don't let that keep you from watching it. IMDB LinkHappy Watching, Muad'dib
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I had a film on a separate list, on my Iphone, that I was sure i copied from this thread, but a careful scan of the posts here revealed, to my surprise, that no one has recommended it!! I have no idea how it ended up on my phone memo list, but I watched it and hey - run (don't saunter) out and rent/buy/watch this film if the topic of this thread interests you in the least, (and quite possibly even if it doesn't!): MR NOBODYalternate trailerTAGLINE: "Nothing is real, everything is possible" About time, alternate realities and the nature of existence/non-existence, there are scenes in it that could be salvia trips, ideas certainly culled from trips to "hyperspace", and a fierce originality overlaid on a complex storyline that still manages to work on an emotional level. Blew me away. Not perfect, but I don't believe a perfect movie can be made about this topic, so this one is one of the ones that may get as close as one can... A good chunk of it was shot in Montreal, where I live - I believe the film was a Belgium/Canada/Quebec/UK co-production. Imagine Benjamin Button on SALVIA! JBArk EDIT: By the director of TOTO LE HEROS (TOTO THE HERO), for those of you who know that excellent film. JBArk is a Mandelthought; a non-fiction character in a drama of his own design he calls "LIFE" who partakes in consciousness expanding activities and substances; he should in no way be confused with SWIM, who is an eminently data-mineable and prolific character who has somehow convinced himself the target he wears on his forehead is actually a shield.
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Looks interesting JBArk, I think I might have to check this one out soon "...It's just a ride, but we always kill those good guys that tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok, but it doesn't matter, because, it's just a ride..."
~ Bill Hicks
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elbowcups wrote:Looks interesting JBArk, I think I might have to check this one out soon Lemme know what the 'cups thinks of it. Cheers, JBArk JBArk is a Mandelthought; a non-fiction character in a drama of his own design he calls "LIFE" who partakes in consciousness expanding activities and substances; he should in no way be confused with SWIM, who is an eminently data-mineable and prolific character who has somehow convinced himself the target he wears on his forehead is actually a shield.
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