Verhoeven Effect

We dive into the weird world of Green Room. A violent woodsy music venue outside Portland, is home to a group of skinheads. Meanwhile a punk band from DC come play a gig and witness a murder and are held against their will.

Act 1: 10:22

Act 2: 30:40

Act 3: 1:07:33

Cinematographer -  Sean Porter 

Written by -  Jeremy Saulnier

Cast - Anton Yelchin Imogen Poots Alia Shawkat

We dive into the weird world of Fried Green Tomatoes. An act of violence from the past brings together two strangers as an old lady tells the story of Idgie Threadgood and Ruth to Evelyn, a housewife amidst a mid life crisis.

Act 1: 21:25

Act 2: 48:17

Act 3: 2:16:02

Cinematographer - Geoffrey Simpson 

Written by -  Fannie Flagg (novel) Fannie Flagg and Carol Sobieski (Screenplay)

Cast - Kathy Bates Jessica Tandy Mary Stuart Masterson

We dive into the weird world of Soylent Green. A violently overpopulated society must struggle for all resources as all options of living are rendered meaningless.

Act 1: 22:28

Act 2: 44:55

Act 3: 1:41:48

Written by -  Stanley R. Greenberg  (screenplay) Harry Harrison  (novel)

Cast - Charlton Heston Edward G. Robinson Leigh Taylor-Young

We dive into the weird world of A Clockwork Orange. An ultraviolent future where a crumbling British society is overrun with young hooligans, and start an experimental rehabilitation program to get people in and out of prison faster with better results.

Act 1: 15:13

Act 2: 37:25

Act 3: 1:07:38

Director - Stanley Kubrick

Cinematographer - John Alcott

Written by - Stanley Kubrick (screenplay) Anthony Burgess (novel)

Cast - Malcolm McDowell Patrick Magee Michael Bates

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We dive into the weird world of Purple Rain. A violent artist must contain his own demons of anxiety and self doubt so as not to destroy himself and everybody around him.

Act 1: 13:53

Act 2: 28:35

Act 3: 1:24:22

Director - Albert Magnoli

Cinematographer - Donald E. Thorin 

Written by - Albert Magnoli & William Blinn 

Cast - Prince , Apollonia Kotero , Morris Day

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We dive into the weird world of Blue Velvet. A seemingly peaceful town with naïve citizens are shocked by the violent underground that rots among them.

Act 1: 11:40

Act 2: 22:02

Act 3: 1:20:04

Cinematographer - Frederick Elmes 

Written by - David Lynch 

Cast - Isabella Rossellini , Kyle MacLachlan , Dennis Hopper

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We dive into the weird world of Blues Brothers. A violent world that is casually streaked with song and hope, gives background to the siblings by orphanage, and band, The Blues Brothers. They're on a mission from god to get the band back together, to come up with 5000 dollars of clean money to save the orphanage.

Act 1: 9:38

Act 2: 39:12

Act 3: 1:18:48

Cinematographer - Stephen M. Katz 

Written by - Dan Aykroyd & John Landis 

Cast - John Belushi Dan Aykroyd Cab Calloway

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We dive into the weird world of Blue Thunder. A urban violence problem is brought about by the military industrial complex in order to sell military helicopters to the Los Angels police force.

Act 1: 25:22

Act 2: 54:48

Act 3: 1:45:39

Cinematographer - John A. Alonzo 

Written by - Dan O'Bannon & Don Jakoby ,  Dean Riesner (Uncredited) 

Cast - Roy Scheider Warren Oates Candy Clark

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We dive into the weird world of Reds. A violent revolution in Russia, during World War 1, leads to communism as a couple of American Journalist have a complicated love story as they cover the proceedings of a peasant revolution.

Act 1: 13:53

Act 2: 35:42

Act 3: 1:23:36

Act 4: 1:36:41

Act 5: 2:06:33

Cinematographer - Vittorio Storaro 

Written by - Warren Beatty & Trevor Griffiths

Cast - Warren Beatty , Diane Keaton , Edward Herrmann

We dive into the weird world of Red Sparrow. A violent Russia violently violates a ballet dancer and then forces her to be a spy for the corrupt government.

Act 1: 20:20

Act 2: 49:52

Act 3: 1:44:49

Director - Francis Lawrence

Cinematographer - Jo Willems 

Written by - Justin Haythe , (based on book by Jason Matthews)

Cast - Jennifer Lawrence , Joel Edgerton , Matthias Schoenaerts

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