May 22nd, 2013 02:08 p.m.
Metro Bizarro 2011/12
Metro Bizarro is a monthly foray into the weird, wacky and wonderful world of fringe cinema. Each month, we explore the twisted underbelly of Hollywood and beyond, screening filmic gems that literally need to be seen to be believed. Trippy gunfighter sagas, psychotronic rock operas, dystopian road odysseys - all of these and much more will be making an appearance.
Director: George Miller
Australia
1979,
88 min,
35mm
In a dystopic future Australia, “Mad” Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is a member of the Main Force Patrol, a highway police unit tasked with maintaining order in the face of absolute chaos. With their souped-up “Interceptors”, Max and the MFP...
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Director: Brian de Palma
USA
1974,
92 min,
Digital
Composer Winslow Leach (William Finley) is duped into selling his masterpiece cantata to the evil record producer Swan (Paul Williams), a Faustian mistake which leaves Leach horribly maimed by a record press and his voicebox replaced by a computer. Reborn...
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Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Mexico / USA
1974,
114 min,
Digital
A Thief wanders through strange scenarios exemplifying the sacred and the profane in search of Godly ascension at The Holy Mountain. If you thought _El Topo_ was a trip, it pales in comparison to the supreme weirdness of _The Holy...
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Director: Ed Wood
USA
1959,
79 min,
Digital
Famously dubbed by Michael and Harry Medved as the “worst movie ever made,” auteur/outré director Ed Wood’s magnum opus invades the Metro screen this April. The “story” concerns a group of would-be alien conquerors whose 9th (!) plan to take...
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Director: David Lynch
USA
1984,
140 min,
35mm
In the distant future, the spice “melange”, a substance that is essential for interstellar travel, can only be found on one planet: the barren wasteworld known as Dune. The noble Atreides family takes possession of the world and it is...
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Director: Walter Hill
USA
1979,
92 min,
Digital
In a dystopic future New York City, the eponymous Warriors control Brooklyn’s Coney Island. One night, the gang is coerced into going a long way from their home turf by Cyrus, the visionary leader of the Gramercy Riffs, who lays...
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Director: Panos Cosmatos
Canada
2010,
110 min,
Digital
- Jul 20 (2012) @ 11:30pm
- Jul 22 (2012) @ 2:15pm
- Jul 22 (2012) @ 9pm
Can you face what lies _Beyond the Black Rainbow_? It's 1983 and Elena (Eva Allan) is trapped in Arboria, a futuristic commune that she must escape from whilst unraveling it's sordid existence. An impressive debut from writer / director Panos...
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Director: Frank Henenlotter
USA
1990,
85 min,
Digital
Wanna date? Metro Bizarro is happy to provide one with Henenlotter’s (Basketcase) demented take on Frankenstein: _Frankenhooker_. When young genius Jeffrey Franken loses his girlfriend (former Penthouse Pet Patty Mullen) he decides to rebuild her bigger, better, sluttier. One problem...
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