Comments on: Top 10 Movie Descents Into Madness http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/ Movies with Rock Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Danny Steel http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-12934 Danny Steel Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:14:32 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-12934 Good list, however there are several films missing from this list, some of them have already been mentioned: Pi: The Movie - Sean Gullette The Tenant - Roman Polanski The Machinist - Christian Bale Repulsion - Catherine Deneuve Woyzeck - Klaus Kinski In The Mouth Of Madness - Sam Neill Blowup - David Hemmings Benny's Video - Arno Frisch Trainspotting - Ewan MacGregor And who could forget one of the most classic and tragic figures, Macbeth? (played wonderfully by Jon Finch in Polanski's adaptation) Ones to avoid: 1408 - John Cusack The Butterfly Effect - Ashton Kutcher The Number 23 - Jim Carrey Good list, however there are several films missing from this list, some of them have already been mentioned:

Pi: The Movie - Sean Gullette
The Tenant - Roman Polanski
The Machinist - Christian Bale
Repulsion - Catherine Deneuve
Woyzeck - Klaus Kinski
In The Mouth Of Madness - Sam Neill
Blowup - David Hemmings
Benny’s Video - Arno Frisch
Trainspotting - Ewan MacGregor
And who could forget one of the most classic and tragic figures, Macbeth? (played wonderfully by Jon Finch in Polanski’s adaptation)

Ones to avoid:

1408 - John Cusack
The Butterfly Effect - Ashton Kutcher
The Number 23 - Jim Carrey

]]> By: blackhawk12151 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-10147 blackhawk12151 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:26:53 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-10147 Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) in "Vertigo" Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart) in “Vertigo”

]]> By: alison http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9532 alison Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:44:59 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9532 sister ruth in the black narcissus. a nun driven mad by sexual frustration in a monastary in the himalayans! sister ruth in the black narcissus. a nun driven mad by sexual frustration in a monastary in the himalayans!

]]> By: Willis http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9413 Willis Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:13:12 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9413 Eric, I think you and I must watch all the same films. I wanted to be the first to post about Klaus Kinski in both movies you mentioned and I was going to throw in Day-Lewis. So I'll go retor and mention 2 Hitchcock movies. Psycho and Vertigo. I think both good examples of madness. "Y'see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little...push." Eric, I think you and I must watch all the same films. I wanted to be the first to post about Klaus Kinski in both movies you mentioned and I was going to throw in Day-Lewis. So I’ll go retor and mention 2 Hitchcock movies. Psycho and Vertigo. I think both good examples of madness.

“Y’see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little…push.”

]]> By: Eric Melin http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9346 Eric Melin Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:26:05 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9346 Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood”

]]> By: eb http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9337 eb Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:36:49 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9337 Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator" should be here. Can't argue with #1 though. Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Aviator” should be here. Can’t argue with #1 though.

]]> By: Guyfromholland http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9320 Guyfromholland Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:08:11 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9320 What about The Machinist? What about The Machinist?

]]> By: Brent http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9298 Brent Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:19:29 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9298 Whoa, no "Apocalypse Now"? Good list, but I feel like there are a lot of movies that could have been replaced with that. I would also consider the two Danny Boyle movies "28 Days Later" and "Sunshine" Both I realize are kind of a stretch, but I think they qualify. Other than that, good list. Whoa,
no “Apocalypse Now”?
Good list, but I feel like there are a lot of movies that could have been replaced with that.

I would also consider the two Danny Boyle movies “28 Days Later” and “Sunshine”
Both I realize are kind of a stretch, but I think they qualify.

Other than that, good list.

]]> By: arpymo http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9268 arpymo Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:27:30 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-9268 Catherine Deneuve in Roman Polanski's Repulsion is a serious spiraling of sanity into the depths of mental hell. Great! Catherine Deneuve in Roman Polanski’s Repulsion is a serious spiraling of sanity into the depths of mental hell. Great!

]]> By: Kenny http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-8787 Kenny Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:17:47 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/top-10-movie-descents-into-madness/#comment-8787 I think the choice for the number one was a well-founded one. DeNiro's character in Taxi Driver is one of the most realistic characters in movie history. His descent into madness is of a more sensible nature than Bale and Nicholson in American Psycho and The Shining. Taxi Driver is as relevant now as it was then. I think the choice for the number one was a well-founded one. DeNiro’s character in Taxi Driver is one of the most realistic characters in movie history. His descent into madness is of a more sensible nature than Bale and Nicholson in American Psycho and The Shining. Taxi Driver is as relevant now as it was then.

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