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Conspiracy Movies

17:28 / 14.05.04

I have a huge DVD library and I've just started to classify stuff. My conspiracy movie section is quite diverse, ranging from The Spiders Stratagem, Winter Kills, Parallax View to Missing and JFK. So, I was wondering if the Barbelith folks could give me their opinion:

What's your favourite conspiracy movie and why? And, which subject hasn't been tackled yet?

I'm thinking synopses and suggestions for actors/directors to do the job. I have no idea of what would be a good subject, plus, I don't think you need to believe the conspiracies to enjoy the art.

ps. Perhaps we should avoid anything to do with Iraq and 9/11 conspiracies in this thread, it's a little too hot.

18:18 / 14.05.04

Conspiracy Theory?

19:30 / 14.05.04

The Brotherhood of The Rose

23:09 / 14.05.04

Is that the slashfic crossover between The Brotherhood of the Wolf and The Name of the Rose? Cos that'd rock: Mathieu Kassovitz and a pert young Christian Slater, mm-hm.

Conspiracy on a fairly small scale, but with the maximum of the paranoia that is the hallmark of a good conspiracy movie: The Spanish Prisoner.

And The Manchurian Candidate, of course, which is just unbeatable.

15:02 / 21.05.04

I'm not sure it really counts as conspiracy but I really enjoy All The Presidents Men.

Harold Washington died for you

15:41 / 21.05.04

JFK, just because it was so convincing. I felt like a 33rd degree Mason after Colonel X's exposition.