Bizarre/Surreal books and films that rule!

A Listmania! list by Sean Gillespie "Gamer Through and Through" (Glasgow, Scotland)
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics - Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
1.  Harper Perennial Modern Classics - Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William Burroughs
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  "One of Burroughs' more bizarre yet classic creations. Delicious"
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Naked Lunch [DVD] [1992]
2.  Naked Lunch [DVD] [1992] DVD ~ Peter Weller
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  "David Cronenburg did a surprisingly very good job of translating this book"
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Lanark (Canongate Classics)
3.  Lanark (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray
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  "This is the best book I have ever read. This version is the best version I have ever felt. You owe it to yourself"
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Brazil [1985] [DVD]
4.  Brazil [1985] [DVD] DVD ~ Jonathan Pryce
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  "Director Terry Gilliam presents a bleak and fearful outlook on beurocracy in a bizarre way. With a few points of very dark humour, this is my favourite movie of all time."
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The Machinist [2004] [DVD] [2005]
5.  The Machinist [2004] [DVD] [2005] DVD ~ Christian Bale
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  "Brilliant film about a man who hasnt slept for a year, and believes he is unravelling a conspiracy about the strange 'Ivan'"
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I Heart Huckabees [DVD]
6.  I Heart Huckabees [DVD] 
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  "Ok so this film isnt surreal, but it is rather bizarre, brilliantly written and very funny. Definately in my top ten."
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Pi (Film By Darren Aronofsky) [DVD] [1999]
7.  Pi (Film By Darren Aronofsky) [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Sean Gullette
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  "Pi is an absolute classic. A paranoid mathematician obsessively studies chaos theory, getting wrapped up in more than he would like."
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Donnie Darko [2002] [DVD]
8.  Donnie Darko [2002] [DVD] DVD ~ Jake Gyllenhaal
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  "Not genius or anything, but still a rather good watch a couple of times. Interesting theory behind some of this film, relating to time travel and quantum flux, things like that..."
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
9.  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Harper Perennial Modern Classics by Hunter S. Thompson
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  "rather bizarre recollection of a drug-fuelled road trip around nevada. Brilliantly written as are all Thompson's works"
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The Trial (Vintage Classics)
10.  The Trial (Vintage Classics) by Franz Kafka
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  "Fantastic, yet bleak story of a man on trial without knowing why. Very surreal"
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A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics)
11.  A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) by Anthony Burgess
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  "Absolutely brilliantly bizarre. The film wasnt too great but damn this is"
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Marabou Stork Nightmares
12.  Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh
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  "Stunning"
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Absolute Sandman - Volume 1
13.  Absolute Sandman - Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman
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  "Mesmerising! get all of them!"
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Absolute Sandman: v. 2
14.  Absolute Sandman: v. 2 by Neil Gaiman
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  "vol 2"
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Absolute Sandman: v. 3
15.  Absolute Sandman: v. 3 by Neil Gaiman
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  "vol 3"
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Absolute Sandman: v. 4
16.  Absolute Sandman: v. 4 by Neil Gaiman
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  "vol 4"
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Harper Perennial Modern Classics - Naked Lunch: The Restored Text forum
can some of william burroughs work be read as occult manuals? 		0 11 Jun 2011
The Machinist [2004] [DVD] [2005] forum
Subtitles 		0 28 Oct 2010
I Heart Huckabees [DVD] forum
Subtitles 		0 26 Oct 2010
Brazil [1985] [DVD] forum
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help,hope someone knows the title of a sci fi book i want to read again 		1 23 Jul 2010
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Difference between Titan edition and Vertigo edition 		0 21 May 2010
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Another superb read 		0 11 Jan 2009
Absolute Sandman: v. 3 forum
v3? 		1 22 Jun 2008
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A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) forum
Whats it gonna be then, eh? 		5 16 Oct 2007
Naked Lunch [DVD] [1992] forum
new book on cronenberg 		0 17 Sep 2007
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Absolute? 		0 23 Aug 2007
 
   

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