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Notorious Scenes from Underground Films

Started by Metropolisforever, September 09, 2008, 10:45:35 AM

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Metropolisforever

The following scenes might make you cringe.  They might make you laugh.  They might make you want to shoot yourself.  And, most importantly, they might make you say "What the f**k was that!?"

Some of these scenes are also well-known to mainstream audiences.  These scenes can be marked with an (M).

So... here we go...

Here's just a few to get us started...

Divine eats actual dog feces in John Waters' Pink Flamingos (1972) - considered to be the underground equivalent of the shower scene in Psycho (1960). (M):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KDfABlm_Rw

The deformed Lady in the Radiator sings "In Heaven" in David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977) - This original song has now become well-known. (M):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrl3n2ZtK2E

An 8-hour shot of the Empire State Building from Andy Warhol's Empire (1964) - Classic '60s weirdness.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idi_5IaMrk

Divine is raped by a giant lobster in John Waters' Multiple Maniacs (1970) - Now THIS is quality cinema!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWmbwJ_iyzc

Feel free to add some more "classic" scenes to the list.  You don't have to post YouTube clips with them.

Ozzymandias

Ozzymandias speaks: I've always heard of a film called "Citco-a-go-go" which was the Citco Headquarters neon sign with rock music.

Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

Caronte


Raffine

If you're an Andy Milligan fan there's no hope for you.

Psycho Circus


The Dungeonmaster

Not the most "classic" but gotta give a shout out to the birth scene from Xtro!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIJzozj4U_I

Metropolisforever