the ultimate mindfuck movie

[Ihreil Junkenstein]

Ultimate mindfuck book- James joyce- finnegans wake. You have to force yourself to read the next word because it's so fucking weird. And about halfway through you suddenly get it, and it's wonderful. brilliant book.

 

[Black Winter Day]

read the book of naked lunch by william s. burroughs. . . or anything by burroughs

 

[a guy...]

I have a cd of him reading passages from his books with crappy techno type music playing in the background. Pretty interesting.

 

[ForbiddenAngel]

i thought vanilla sky was pretty strange. also event horizon

I fould Vanilla Sky to be confusing and quite stupid towards the end. But Event Horizon was "KILLER" I loved that movie, it kept me on me wee toes.

 

[Ihreil Junkenstein]

I felt that naked lunch was a poor mans Fear and loathing. Just wasn't written as well. That's just me though.
Illuminatus Trilogy by R.A wilson+Robert Shea is fantastic as well....Very trippy.

 

[deathstrike from hell]

hahaha not very fucked up, but i enjoy hatchet by gary paulsen. after reading it as a kid, it still sticks. or the canterbury tales. chaucer knew what he was doing there. and for those of you who like hell, check out paradise lost (the book)

 

[Chromatose]

Ultimate mindfuck book- James joyce- finnegans wake.

right on.. there havent been nearly enough mentions of Finnegans Wake around here recently.

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

I Loved Event Horizon 12 Monkeys And Fight Club

 

[Ihreil Junkenstein]

I prefer Dante's to paradise lost. Works more and there's more greek stuff, which is good. I like greeks.

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

Greek Mythology Is Cool But I Prefer Norse

 

[deathstrike from hell]

u guys have to consider the fact that the author of paradise lost was also blind. he recited the entire story in his mind to his daughters to write on paper for him. a brilliant man. i also enjoyed beowulf

 

[Shadow298]

I's prefer Dante's Divine Comedy to Milton's Paradise Lost, but they still are both fantastic poetic works. The ideas and symolism behind both works are just amazing and the language (although Dante has been translated from old Italian) is beyond beautiful.
Where would Heavy Metal be today without those two great works, although more bands have drawn on Dante then on Milton.
The Pimp truly recommends reading all three books of The Divine Comedy, if ya'll have several weeks (or months) to spare.
And Deathstrike, if you want to read something powerful about Milton's blindness, look up his Blindness Sonnet. Quite powerful stuff, so full of allagory and pathos about his own condition.
Peace
The Pimp NeonBlack

 

[Ihreil Junkenstein]

I got paradise lost's Draconian times the same time I got dante's divine comedy. I bet that album wouldn't have been written without it.

Beowulf left me cold. Norse overall seems a hollow kind of thing compared to the full family bonds and links all over the place in Greek Mythology.
But thats just me.

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

The Story Of Beowolf Is Basicaly Beowolf Killing Monsters It Would Make A Really Kick Ass Movie If U Had Good Enough Special Effects

 

[Ihreil Junkenstein]

But it would only last half an hour at most.
Now the siege of troy..... Any homeric work would and do make amazing films.

 

[a guy...]

There was a movie of Beowulf with Christopher Lambert in the title role. It was decent but nothing to have a ticker tape parade over. Some good music on it though.

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

Norse Mythology Only Seems Hollow To U Cuz U Have Too Much Free Time To Learn All The Comlexities Of Greek Mythology Norse Is Much Simpler And Doesn't Take Nearly As Much Time To Learn

 

[LORD_RED_DRAGON]

Did The Beowolf Movie Do Good At The "box Office"??? I Only Vaugely Remember It

 

[Ihreil Junkenstein]

And its not as good. Spend half an hour with the greek suff. It is far better. I'm mainly reading egyptian/ babylonian stuff now.

 

[a guy...]

I think it was direct-to-video.