"Gosford Park" is pretty complex, gripping, beautiful to look at, and improves signifcantly on second and third viewing in exactly the same way as "The Prestige", when understand the implications of things better etc.
"Brazil" is gripping, weird, complex, and about a "dream" that someone has, vs a widely accepted "reality".
"Twelve Monkeys" although less mind-blowing and brilliant than "Brazil", improves on second viewing like "Gosford Park" and "The Prestige" for similar reasons; you know what is going to happen, and the clash between possible realities at one point near the middle is desperately sad.
"Dark City"? Maybe not; I just love it! :lol
"The Name of the Rose" reminds me of "The Prestige" somehow, because of the way it looks at three ( or more ) different people's models of reality as they look for, and/or hide, the truth.
"Don't Look Now" ( Nicholas Roeg ) because of the flashbacks and looping back and overlaps and how reality/"the truth" depends on when and where you are looking from.
"House of Games" ( Mamet ) because it is a duel between two people's "sets of rules/models" and how they can distort/deform reality and create illusions.
"LA Confidential", because it's really gripping and complex and shows two men learning to "see" things differently.
"Bad Influence" for similar reasons as last two.
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"Brazil" is gripping, weird, complex, and about a "dream" that someone has, vs a widely accepted "reality".
"Twelve Monkeys" although less mind-blowing and brilliant than "Brazil", improves on second viewing like "Gosford Park" and "The Prestige" for similar reasons; you know what is going to happen, and the clash between possible realities at one point near the middle is desperately sad.
"Dark City"? Maybe not; I just love it! :lol
"The Name of the Rose" reminds me of "The Prestige" somehow, because of the way it looks at three ( or more ) different people's models of reality as they look for, and/or hide, the truth.
"Don't Look Now" ( Nicholas Roeg ) because of the flashbacks and looping back and overlaps and how reality/"the truth" depends on when and where you are looking from.
"House of Games" ( Mamet ) because it is a duel between two people's "sets of rules/models" and how they can distort/deform reality and create illusions.
"LA Confidential", because it's really gripping and complex and shows two men learning to "see" things differently.
"Bad Influence" for similar reasons as last two.
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