This xombyte stems from a conversation I had recently with a college friend about cult movie classics and why they are still considered must-sees in the world of film. To be honest, I didn’t like any of them at all back then, and I really don’t care for them now either. My friend has a different opinion citing artistic vision, anarchistic expression, creative masterpieces, etc. We leave it up to you to decide.

So here they are. Five cult movie classics that still surface from time to time on television. I say don’t bother, she says watch it for the experience.

1. A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick in 1971. This film is about futuristic juvenile crime and the methods used by the government to curb it. Even the trailer is disturbing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igwIR7rDPQc

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick in 1968. Hmmm, I see a Kubrick trend here. People refer to the bone scene in the beginning of the film because nobody ever watches the whole thing. It then moves on to a space quest with HAL, a computer. Here’s the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU4TQ1NTo50

3. Repo Man by Alex Cox in 1984. Oh Emilio! So young, so desperate for work. He plays Otto who gets fired from his job at a supermarket then turns to the romantic notion of repossessing cars. Blah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=554AX4l1tmw

4. Eraserhead by David Lynch in 1977. This movie has an industrial setting and Lynch has the lights turning on and off throughout the film. Oh ya, there’s also mutant babies and bad hair-dos. Double blah!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU7OqGCIcak

5. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover by Peter Greenaway in 1989. This movie is considered artistic yet violent. Let’s get real. It’s really, really sadistic with an end that makes me ill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAV6xaRjnh4&feature=related

Since I get to write (and name) this post, I’m going to add a cult classic that I really like but is not very well-known. It’s a 1987 Australian film called Dogs in Space and it stars the late Michael Hutchence from INXS. It’s about Sputnik, punk rock and misfits in Melbourne. All I could find on the internet was a scene near the end of the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44F3cZB7qDs&feature=related

Fin.