Best 90s 'cult' film?

[Sadken]

Mallrats.

Worst of the View Askew films I reckon. Having said that, Chasing Amy has NOT aged well at all.

 

[dodgepot]

Great film, wrong decade

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<sigh>

 

[Belushi]

<sigh>

Never mind

 

[N_igma]

Worst of the View Askew films I reckon. Having said that, Chasing Amy has NOT aged well at all.

Ya reckon? I think it's funny as fuck!

 

[butchersapron]

Doesn't matter, they're not fucking cult!

 

[Sadken]

Ya reckon? I think it's funny as fuck!

Might give it another look one day, just recall being deeply unimpressed at the time.

 

[isitme]

Was it because you openly compared her to Christina Ricci?
I had the same problem with a dunce of a fella about Kylie once

No, it was just really grim so we had an argument instead. with hindsight I think maybe it touched a nerve about empty lives and avoiding talking about important things

 

[Andy the Don]

There were lots of great cult movies from the 90's
Romper Stomper
Once were warriors
La Haine
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Big Lebowski
Bad Lieutenant
The Cable Guy
Fifth Element
Slacker
Thelma and Louise

In fact the 1990's was the best decade for cult movies, ever..

So take your pick.. mine's The Big Lebowski..

Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.

 

[Pieface]

No, it was just really grim so we had an argument instead. with hindsight I think maybe it touched a nerve about empty lives and avoiding talking about important things

that would do it...

I think we watched the Can't Get You Out of my Head video and he practically mentally wanked himself off the couch. I got insecure. We combusted.

Not quite as complex really

 

[isitme]

I loved once were warriors

 

[butchersapron]

There were lots of great cult movies from the 90's
Romper Stomper
Once were warriors
La Haine
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Big Lebowski
Bad Lieutenant
The Cable Guy
Fifth Element
Slacker
Thelma and Louise

In fact the 1990's was the best decade for cult movies, ever..

So take your pick.. mine's The Big Lebowski..

I give up. Alllfilms are cult.

 

[Andy the Don]

I give up. Alllfilms are cult.

I would say cult films are those that have a "slow burn" in the cinemas, but then take off and get cult status after they go to video, examples being; Blade Runner or even Shawshank Redemption..

 

[El Jefe]

I'd argue that the nature of the media in the 90s and now means cult films no longer exist, actually CAN'T exist.

 

[isitme]

I'd argue that the nature of the media in the 90s and now means cult films no longer exist, actually CAN'T exist.

That isn't true, they just don't make it to the cinema anymore

I think Akira is a good example, it was a cult film before tartan bought it and translated it and so on. It wasn't properly released over here on video until 1992 or something

So it's still a cult film, even though it is well known now

 

[isitme]

actually my point doesn't relate to your point at all really

 

[El Jefe]

so a cult film is a film that hasn't been translated widely yet?




bollocks.


El Topo, Eraserhead - these are cult movies. But the nature of cinema, the nature of the media, it's a different world.

 

[butchersapron]

I'd argue that the nature of the media in the 90s and now means cult films no longer exist, actually CAN'T exist.

I think it makes cult films more likely. Itt might change what cult means though.

 

[MikeMcc]

Dusk Till Dawn
Starship Troopers

 

[El Jefe]

I think it makes cult films more likely. Itt might change what cult means though.

what would the new definition be then?

I think anything 'cult' is picked up on so quickly now that nothing really gets to develop.

 

[El Jefe]

Dusk Till Dawn

that wasn't a cult movie. That was, i dunno, a META cult movie. It was an homage to a cult movie. Which isn't the same thing

 

[butchersapron]

what would the new definition be then?

I think anything 'cult' is picked up on so quickly now that nothing really gets to develop.

I'm not sure, but we can surely imagine it being the same basic but with a wider distro to the same sort of people. That said. availibility does take a big chunk out of it.

For new films you might be riight, for old films i'm not so sure.

 

[internetstalker]

the OP

Should of had a defination of what cult is IMO

 

[Mitre10]

I think Man Bites Dog is a very good film.

I am also always surprised at the number of people who say they have seen it themselves so it could possible be up there in some way as a "successful" cult film.

 

[El Jefe]

because it came out and got sold as a cult film. that's the problem.

 

[isitme]

so a cult film is a film that hasn't been translated widely yet?

no, but akira became a massive film in the west for people because of word of mouth in the 80s, it was translated and advertised in the 90s and became an 'overground hit' but it had a cult following first

 

[El Jefe]

well quite. i was talking about 90s movies onwards.

 

[isitme]

the OP

Should of had a defination of what cult is IMO

apparently so

my OPs never make much sense but there is usually something to talk about....

 

[internetstalker]

Things can be regarded as 'cult' even if they are mainstream

ie the red hot chili peppers are now mainstream, but will always have a cult following of fans that loved them in the 80's & 90's

IMO you can apply the same logic to films

 

[internetstalker]

IMO it's the style of film and the fans that define it as cult regardless of budget or whether it was made in hollywood or not

 

[El Jefe]

Things can be regarded as 'cult' even if they are mainstream

ie the red hot chili peppers are now mainstream, but will always have a cult following of fans that loved them in the 80's & 90's

IMO you can apply the same logic to films

Sorry, but there's not a single statement in your post that's true.