Pulp Fiction
Anthology movies can be slippery to pull off . They ’re made up of a lot of short films , edit out together into a feature - length movie , so invariably , a caboodle of anthology movies have segment that are better than others . They ’re the cinematic equivalent weight of a shortsighted account assembling .
There are passel of high-risk anthology movies , like theV / H / Sfranchise , but there are also some example where visionary filmmakers , from Jim Jarmusch to the Coen brothers , have tied together each section with a common yarn . wade through the bad ones can be a depressing trial by ordeal , so here are the 10 good anthology movies ever made .
Sin City (2005)
take , written , and raise by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller , whose graphic novels the movie was based on , Sin Cityis an anthology of hyper - stylized , severely - boiled noir storey . fritter away in black - and - lily-white ( with the periodic splattering of red),Sin Cityremained as close to the source material as possible .
The great thing about anthology film is that they require less committedness from each cast member , so it ’s easier to cast big - name A - listers . The roll ofSin Cityincludes Jessica Alba , Mickey Rourke , Bruce Willis , and Elijah Wood .
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Burgess Meredith replaces Rod Serling as the narrator in this bragging - covert adaption ofThe Twilight Zone . The movie remakes three episodes of the original series and also provides one new tale . John Landis directed the first section along with the prologue and epilogue , with Steven Spielberg , Joe Dante , and George Miller each helming a segment ( with the latter tackling the most memorable successiveness , “ Nightmare at 20,000 Feet ” ) .
No subsequent take onThe Twilight Zonehas matched the greatness of Serling ’s original , but this flick follow passably close .
New York Stories (1989)
Three quintessential New York directors with vastly different way – Martin Scorsese , Francis Ford Coppola , and Woody Allen – collaborate onNew York Storiesto give a rounded cinematic portrait of the urban center .
New York Storiesdoesn’t find any of these directors at the height of their powers , but they each deliver an interesting short tale .
Black Sabbath (1963)
As both the namesake of thegroundbreaking rock ‘n’ roll bandand the inspiration for the structure ofPulp Fiction , Mario Bava’sBlack Sabbathis an underrated precious stone of Italian horror celluloid . primitively titledI Tre Volti Della Paura , which literally translate into English asThe Three Faces of Fear , Black Sabbathtells three dreadful tarradiddle , each introduce by the great horror picture caption Boris Karloff .
In one story , a charwoman is stalked by an escaped convict . In another story , a nursemaid consider steal jewellery from a stiff . And in the third , a Russian count span itinerary with some vampires .
History Of The World, Part I (1981)
From the brilliant mind of Mel Brooks , History of the World , Part Iis presented as a serial of sketch lampooning historical figure and events . Brooks himself plays five role , including Moses and King Louis XVI , while his giant ensemble cast include such comedy great as Sid Caesar , Madeline Kahn , Dom DeLuise , Cloris Leachman , and Spike Milligan .
Despite the “ Part I ” in the championship , Brooks never intend to make a continuation . “ Part I ” is in reality a joke , a reference to Sir Walter Raleigh , who started writingThe story of the Worldas a prisoner in the Tower of London , but got executed after drop a line just one book .
Paris, Je T’aime (2006)
Across its two - 60 minutes runtime , Paris , je t’aime(which read to English asParis , I roll in the hay You ) contains 18 short films , helm by a total of 22 directors ( some of them doubled up ) . Each of the section is set in a different arrondissement in the titular city .
The 22 director include Alfonso Cuarón , Alexander Payne , the Coen crony , Gérard Depardieu , Wes Craven , and Gus Van Sant , and the pic ’s ensemble cast consists of player of diverge nationalities .
Coffee And Cigarettes (2003)
Jim Jarmusch direct three short motion picture under the titleCoffee and Cigarettesbefore he determine to pullulate eight more and edit them all together as a lineament - length anthology . The titular everyday commodities are a recurring thread throughout the 11 little section .
The ensemble cast turn back such disparate talent as Steve Buscemi , Cate Blanchett , Steve Coogan , Bill Murray , Alfred Molina , screen caption Roberto Benigni , rapper RZA , deadpan comic Steven Wright , and pop star Iggy Pop .
The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Although they originally developed it as a television set miniseries , the Coen brothers retooledThe Ballad of Buster Scruggsto be a feature film in the centre of production .
The stories range from the lighthearted ( a prospector labor for gold under the hot sun ) to the super iniquity ( an showman throwing his limbless act into a riverto make way for a chicken that can do mathematics ) , and feature such recognizable stars as Tim Blake Nelson ( in the form of address role ) , Liam Neeson , and James Franco .
Heavy Metal (1981)
adjust from sci - fi and fantasy account found in the clip of the same name , Heavy Metalis a rare lawsuit of an animated movie have graphic violence and sexually explicit material . It all revolves around a meteorite that is purportedly the source of all the iniquity in the universe .
There ’s been talk of a remake of this movie for years , with everyone from David Fincher to Zack Snyder to Guillermo del Toro to James Cameron to Tenacious D coming and going from the project , so until that project finally comes to fruition ( if it ever does ) , you may check out the original .
Pulp Fiction (1994)
When Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary initially conceived their Oscar - win screenplayPulp Fiction , they contrive to follow the anthology bodily structure ofBlack Sabbathmore stiffly . The finished product is a little more fluid than that , be as a complete musical composition with each storyline spilling over into the others . Because of this editing style , it ’s technically “ hyperlink movie theater , ” but it still has the tactile property of a Greco-Roman anthology movie .
Each storyline play on a intimate figure of speech from hard - boiled crime stories in pulp magazine clip — a gangster taking the boss ’ married woman to dinner party , a bagger who ’s paid by the mob to throw a fight , and two hitmen fight to cast away of a corpse — and does something completely unexpected with them .
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