james cameron is a weird auteur. christopher nolan. danny boyle.
really? theyre weird by mainstream standards, which means 'a little bit but not very much'. im not really that interested in stuff that offers a slightly odd tweak to the modern blockbuster. that kind of thing gets too much credit (see: nolan/batman). plus, weird has been abused by 'quirkiness'. and yeah, post-90s indie, there is more blurring happening.
by weird, i guess i mean something like herzog's bad lieutenant. greg araki is a good one, though his last one was basically his version of a teen college movie - like a bid for hollywood (not that i disliked it - i thought it was fab). refn's drive i think was a bit too obviously cult-movie-ish, like it was made to be like lynch, point blank and all those other old noir-ish movies, so its weird, sure, but not in a new way exactly.
holy motors has to be the weirdest recent film i can think of.
ha@all the korine hate. i liked (and hated in parts) trash humpers.
thoughts on gaspar noe? enter the void is all time for me. dont want to see it a second time in case i dont like it as much.
i still havent seen innocence, made by his wife - thats meant to be pretty unsettling.
i wouldnt call lodge korrrigan or andrea arnold strange, just indie (whatever that means now).