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AKMoose posted:I recently watched it as a double bill with John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 and the two paired quite nicely. Now watch Ghosts of Mars!
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I've watched two films in a row many times. Maybe I should develop the thought further to say that taking two films, which have very little in common (most of the examples in this thread, for instance), watching them, then telling people they pair well as if it means something. Most, if not all, of the double bills floated here are suggested because there is something about the two movies that are similar, but they're not the same. Assault on Precinct 13 and The Warriors share a similar visual style, and are about surrounded groups holding out as best they can over the course of one night.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The whole point of suggesting a double bill is to encourage you to think about one film in terms of another. 
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So, could someone take a stab at enumerating some iconic double bills? Direct sequels or movies in a shared universe are probably sort of trivial examples but what about two different movies that make watching both more than the sum of the individual experience? Failsafe and Dr. Strangelove comes immediately to mind but what are some others?
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Most, if not all, of the double bills floated here are suggested because there is something about the two movies that are similar, but they're not the same. Assault on Precinct 13 and The Warriors share a similar visual style, and are about surrounded groups holding out as best they can over the course of one night. Another pairing I quite enjoy is Robocop 2014 and Chappie. Both about police robots and humanity, but from opposite directions. Or Clueless and Heathers, about depth and vapidity among in- and outgroups. There are a ton of good pairings like that and dismissing them because they aren't directly call-and-response deals feels silly.
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Blackhawk Down and Battle: Los Angeles The Last Samurai and Star Wars Simplex fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Aug 12, 2015 |
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Murgos posted:So, could someone take a stab at enumerating some iconic double bills? Direct sequels or movies in a shared universe are probably sort of trivial examples but what about two different movies that make watching both more than the sum of the individual experience? This is closer to what I meant than what I actually said!
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Just in the last few years I've had fun with Whiplash/Birdman and Under The Skin/Lucy.
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morestuff posted:Under The Skin/Lucy. See now you're just making things up
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stickyfngrdboy posted:See now you're just making things up Lucy is Under The Skin in reverse, with more car chases
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morestuff posted:Lucy is Under The Skin in reverse, with more car chases By which you mean terrible
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Nice edit!
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Simplex posted:The Last Samurai and Star Wars Hidden Fortress would be more apt. Edminster posted:Another pairing I quite enjoy is Robocop 2014 and Chappie. In that they're both terrible films, yes. (Actually, I liked about 1/3 of Chappie, I guess)
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Its fun to watch a Kurosawa film and then the Western that it inspired. Yojimbo/Fistful of Dollars and Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven being the primary examples.
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Aug 12, 2015 19:32
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Hidden Fortress / Star Wars a new hope!
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Cocoa Ninja posted:Hidden Fortress / Star Wars a new hope! Dude I literally just said that two posts above you.
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The Ice Harvest / A Simple Plan Dog Tooth / We Are What We Are Microcosmos / Samsara
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Franchescanado posted:Dog Tooth / We Are What We Are That's a really good one.
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I do this kind of thing constantly during October with horror movies, so that's almost like cheating. My go-to double features are: From Beyond/Re-Animator Planet of the Vampires/Alien Halloween/Black Christmas Halloween III/Trick R Treat The Fog/Prince of Darkness Friday the 13th/Twitch of the Death Nerve
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Whiplash/Blackswan VHS/Under The Skin The Babadook/Rosemary's Baby Exit Through The Gift Shop/F is for Fake The Imposter/The Woman Who Wasn't There The Catechism Cataclysm/The Devil Inside/Prometheus Jacob's Ladder/The Oregonian/Enter The Void
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Basebf555 posted:Halloween III/Trick R Treat I don't get this one at all? Why not go with another horror anthology, like Creepshow (which also has a comic book style)?
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Aug 12, 2015 20:05
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Halloween III is a kid's version of Videodrome.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Halloween III is a kid's version of Videodrome. That would be a good double feature. Also Night of the Creeps and Slither.
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Wayne's World/Gremlins 2
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I would do Gremlins 2 and TCM 2.
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Counterpoint: Airheads and Gremlins 2
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Franchescanado posted:I don't get this one at all? Halloween III's plot involves a company that manufactures Halloween masks for kids, its one of those movies that feels like it should actually be watched on Halloween night. I feel the same way about Trick R Treat, its all about Halloween traditions.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I would do Gremlins 2 and TCM 2. Same, and bonus points if you've never seen the originals somehow.
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Franchescanado posted:Counterpoint: Airheads and Gremlins 2 Airheads and Tapeheads In that order 
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Or Gremlins 2 and Howling 2, for the Joe Dante connection.
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Zombi 2 aka Zombie / Dawn of the Dead (original)
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Most, if not all, of the double bills floated here are suggested because there is something about the two movies that are similar, but they're not the same. Assault on Precinct 13 and The Warriors share a similar visual style, and are about surrounded groups holding out as best they can over the course of one night. Additionally, I just wanted complimentary films, and two late '70s urban action films flowed well. (Indeed, the first Google hit for both of these movies in the same search is someone calling them "cinematic soulmates," so I can't be the only one.) More generally, I don't think calling something a "double bill" necessarily needs anything more tenuous than an overlap between genre, director, or actor--sometimes you just are in the mood for a certain tone or a certain artist's body of work. By contrast, I recently watched Paris, Texas, followed by Creep. That wasn't a double bill (unless I had seen it at the drive-in with the world's worst programming), it was just a night I watched two movies.
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Basebf555 posted:Halloween III's plot involves a company that manufactures Halloween masks for kids, its one of those movies that feels like it should actually be watched on Halloween night. I feel the same way about Trick R Treat, its all about Halloween traditions. Fair enough! My go-to Watch on Halloween movies are the original Halloween and Hocus Pocus, maybe Rocky Horror. Jiro Dreams of Sushi / Cutie & The Boxer The Devil and Daniel Johnston / Frank Wes Craven's New Nightmare / Videodrome The Man Who Knew Too Little / Top Secret! Barton Fink / Adaptation.
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I remember rolling into a drive-in with my family at age 7 with my mom and we saw a double bill of Die Hard and Big. They showed Big second, even as a kid I thought that was a poor choice. Also: I fully support the idea of a double bill of Halloween III followed by Halloween III. But I love Halloween III.
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caligulamprey posted:Also: I fully support the idea of a double bill of Halloween III followed by Halloween III. But I love Halloween III. Its almost bitter-sweet to watch it because I get annoyed that the movie-going public didn't reward the creativity of Halloween III and forced the studio to bring Michael Myers back. We could have had another 3-4 Carpenter produced anthology style Halloween films.
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Oh wait, duh, the real double bill is Halloween III and Lords of Salem.
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Basebf555 posted:Its almost bitter-sweet to watch it because I get annoyed that the movie-going public didn't reward the creativity of Halloween III and forced the studio to bring Michael Myers back. When the audience went from chuckling throughout to dead, horrified silence after the kid puts on the mask, that was loving magical.
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Rosemary's Baby / Look Who's Talking
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I'd pair Halloween III with Phantasm. Something about them more being mystery movies with sci-fi elements and infiltrating "normal" but mysterious locations links the two in my mind. I'd also do New Nightmare and Babadook, because so many similar visuals and themes carry over from the former to the latter.
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I guess it's time to go back and re-watch Halloween III again. I agree it's a shame that Carpenter's idea for an annual Halloween anthology got tarnished. I think the main flaw is, lack of advertising that that was the intention, and the fact that they made Halloween II a direct sequel instead of it's own story. It's not like it was a necessary continuation of the story anyway. I still want an annual Halloween anthology, though, and with True Detective and Fargo paving the way for that idea on television, I think the general public can handle that for a movie each October. Back to double features: I've been lucky to see a double feature for Troll 2 / Best Worst Movie, which is always a treat. The best double feature I've seen was Synecdoche, New York with The Master a few weeks after Philip Seymour Hoffman died. The proceeds went to one of his favorite charities. I had never seen either movie. It was a rough night.
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