tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post1780868141117227493..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: Films: Night at the Museum 2; X-Files: I Want To Believe; and MementoAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-66325496742551980242009-12-28T20:33:59.496+00:002009-12-28T20:33:59.496+00:00Yes, friends keep adding to my reading pile too, s...Yes, friends keep adding to my reading pile too, such lists stretch to potential infinity, but reviewers like yourself help me to "map" even the things I won't find time for. The 1980's/90's films "Jacob's Ladder" and Terry Gilliam's "Brasil" might also be added to this sombre sub-genre. Maybe you should watch that Truman Show tape though, and try the Flann O Brien book, which I recently picked up in a humble Waterstones, because it also manages to be laugh-out loud funny, as well as strangely deep.Alexander Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03458073762704734809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-40294624611055567572009-12-27T11:32:52.921+00:002009-12-27T11:32:52.921+00:00You needn't worry about Douglas, Alexander, hi...You needn't worry about Douglas, Alexander, his plot is quite different!<br /><br />I don't know any of the other references you mention; yet more for the to-do pile (as if it wasn't big enough already, already...)Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-55579022721488969172009-12-26T22:43:30.029+00:002009-12-26T22:43:30.029+00:00Well, Anthony, do you reckon Douglas Thompson ripp...Well, Anthony, do you reckon Douglas Thompson ripped this one off then?:) I just caught up with another somewhat related film tonight: The Machinist (2004), which is darker and more tragic but plays similar mind games. All of these are almost part of a sub-genre one might call "dream after death" scenarios, of which Mulholland Drive is another prime example. All of them (including the tv series "Lost" and the novel "House Of Leaves")owe a debt perhaps to Flann O Brien's quite extraordinary novel: The Third Policeman. Traditional concepts of hell and repetitive punishment are subliminally embedded in all these works. It's a rich seam to follow.Alexander Starkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03458073762704734809noreply@blogger.com