Great Movies It Seems Like Nobody Else Has Ever Heard Of

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Ibram

I've seen bits and pieces of Dark Star, years and years ago. My dad still has the VHS somewhere, I think.

Yes, it was a well-worn cult classic at the 1976 Worldcon...where they were showing preprduction art and costumes for this new film called "The Star Wars" by some unknown guy.

Dark Star is very immediately postVietnam in flavor. And was insanely cheaply made; it was essentially a student film. Nontheless there's some more timeless and really classic tropes and conceits in it. Beachball and The Elevator. The Smartbomb. The Frozen Captain.

You kids with hippie-envy (and the older nostalgia-stricken crowd) might suddenly find deep and/or rediscovered insight from a decade later in Riders of The Storm if you can find a copy.

Personally, I've kinda moved on from such...