Fortean Films on DVD -compiled by Mark Chorvinsky in FT49:54

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2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] [DVD]
1.  2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] [DVD] DVD ~ Keir Dullea
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  ""Arguably the major cinematic fortean work of the last 25 years -uncompromising in its unwillingness to explain the inexplicable... a clear expression of the fortean notion of an organismic universe.""
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The Birds [DVD]
2.  The Birds [DVD] DVD ~ Rod Taylor
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  "Hitchcock makes no attempt to explain the bird attacks, nor is the threat ended at the film's conclusion Moments of extreme disquieting strangeness of the sort discussed in surrealist criticism abound"
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Criterion Collection: Last Wave [DVD] [1978] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
3.  Criterion Collection: Last Wave [DVD] [1978] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] DVD ~ Richard Chamberlain
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  ""At times, though, it feels like sections of Fort's Book of the Damned realized cinematically -there is an ice fall, black rain, aboriginal magic, weird interconnections, prophetic dreams, apocalypse""
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Picnic at Hanging Rock [DVD] [1976]
4.  Picnic at Hanging Rock [DVD] [1976] DVD ~ Rachel Roberts
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  ""...is fascinating as a perception of the psychological and sociological effects of a high strangeness experience. This film can only be described as strange and fits firmly into a new cinematic genre"
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The Shout [DVD] [1978]
5.  The Shout [DVD] [1978] DVD ~ Alan Bates
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  ""The possibility for the existence of magic is realized in this chilling and enimatic film by director Jerzy Skolimowski.""
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The Man Who Fell to Earth [DVD]
6.  The Man Who Fell to Earth [DVD] DVD ~ David Bowie
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  ""Roeg reverses the convention of aliens menacing the earth and presents a case of Earth being a menace to aliens, probably the more realistic of the two possibilities...""
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Don't Look Now [DVD] [1973]
7.  Don't Look Now [DVD] [1973] DVD ~ Julie Christie
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  ""Roeg was also responsible for the eerie psychic thriller Don't Look Now (1973) and is clearly a director with fortean sensibilities and someone to watch for further projects in this genre.""
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The Lost World (Silent)(1925) [DVD]
8.  The Lost World (Silent)(1925) [DVD] DVD ~ Wallace Beery
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Koyaanisqatsi/ Powaqqatsi [DVD]
9.  Koyaanisqatsi/ Powaqqatsi [DVD] DVD ~ Christie Brinkley
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The Haunting [DVD] [1963]
10.  The Haunting [DVD] [1963] DVD ~ Julie Harris
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The Quatermass Collection: The Quatermass Experiment / Quatermass 2 / Quatermass & the Pit [DVD]
11.  The Quatermass Collection: The Quatermass Experiment / Quatermass 2 / Quatermass & the Pit [DVD] DVD ~ Reginald Tate
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Elephant Man [DVD]
12.  Elephant Man [DVD] DVD ~ Anthony Hopkins
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Nomads [2007] [DVD]
13.  Nomads [2007] [DVD] 
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  ""an anthropological fortean horror movie.""
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The Ten Commandments [DVD] [1956]
14.  The Ten Commandments [DVD] [1956] DVD ~ Charlton Heston
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  ""more signs and wonders per reel than just about any other film.""
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Night of the Demon (1957) [DVD]
15.  Night of the Demon (1957) [DVD] DVD ~ Dana Andrews
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  ""While there are hundreds, if not thousands of films that deal with fortean subjects and contain fortean motifs, very few of these films reflect a fortean philosophy on the part of their creators..."
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Fishy Yarns: "Fortean Times" Issues 47-51
16.  Fishy Yarns: "Fortean Times" Issues 47-51 
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  "When a film about forteana is directed by a director with fortean sensibilities or tendencies, the result may be a work that can truly be labeled fortean" -Mark Chorvinsky, Fortean Times 49, Winter 87"
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Videodrome [DVD] [1983]
17.  Videodrome [DVD] [1983] DVD ~ James Woods
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  "These last nine I have chosen myself -J"
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Repo Man [DVD]
18.  Repo Man [DVD] DVD ~ Harry Dean Stanton
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Jacob's Ladder [DVD] [1991]
19.  Jacob's Ladder [DVD] [1991] DVD ~ Tim Robbins
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Magnolia (2 Disc Box Set) [1999] [DVD]
20.  Magnolia (2 Disc Box Set) [1999] [DVD] DVD ~ Tom Cruise
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Pi (Film By Darren Aronofsky) [DVD] [1999]
21.  Pi (Film By Darren Aronofsky) [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Sean Gullette
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The Blair Witch Project [DVD] [1999]
22.  The Blair Witch Project [DVD] [1999] DVD ~ Heather Donahue
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Donnie Darko - Director's Cut (Two Disc Set) [DVD] [2002]
23.  Donnie Darko - Director's Cut (Two Disc Set) [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Jake Gyllenhaal
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Mothman Prophecies [DVD] [2002]
24.  Mothman Prophecies [DVD] [2002] DVD ~ Richard Gere
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The Jacket [DVD] [2005]
25.  The Jacket [DVD] [2005] 
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The Lost World (Silent)(1925) [DVD] forum
no 18 page reproduction program enclosded? 		0 22 days ago
Jacob's Ladder [Blu-ray] forum
is the bluray the uncut version? 		3 16 Jul 2011
2001 - A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray][Region Free] forum
Can't remember the title of a book set in Santorini 		0 19 Jun 2011
2001 - A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray][Region Free] forum
UK certificate. 		2 21 May 2011
The Elephant Man [DVD] forum
elephant man : Language and subtitles in french ? 		1 3 Apr 2011
Jacob's Ladder [Blu-ray] forum
Subtitles 		0 28 Feb 2011
Night of the Demon (1957) [DVD] forum
night of the demon 		5 23 Jan 2011
Don't Look Now [DVD] [1973] forum
Dvd warner language 		0 7 Nov 2010
2001 - A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray][Region Free] forum
Details about the Languages on this Blu-Ray? 		2 18 Oct 2010
Videodrome [DVD] [1983] forum
Subtitles? 		0 10 Sep 2010
Jacob's Ladder [Blu-ray] forum
Jacobs Ladder Blu-ray 		1 23 Jun 2010
The Elephant Man [DVD] forum
Elephant Man Blu-ray pauses 		0 22 Jan 2010
 
   

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