7 Movies that alter your mind!
Good movies will always leave us with a sense of bewilderment, of doubt from what we saw, of endless questions or answers to things that we had previously questioned. For this reason I share 7 films that will alter your mind and thoughts after seeing them.
Enemy (2013) - Denis Villeneuve
Adapted from José Saramago's book, “The Double”, tells the story of a teacher who, bored, asks to be recommended a movie; when seeing it discovers that one of the actors is exactly like him. Dismayed by this, find out who this man is, but things will turn dark and the end of the tape will leave you with a strange feeling ...
“Shutter Island” (2010) — Martin Scorsese
This film directed by the genius Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo Dicaprio, tells the story of two agents who are sent to an island that is also a mental institute in order to find a patient who mysteriously disappeared. The tape will catch you minute by minute.
“The Fountain” (2006) — Darren Aronofsky
Made by Darren Aronofsky, director of films like "Requiem for a Dream" or "π: The Order of Chaos", "The Fountain" is a poem about love and death. The film follows the course of the intertwined relationships of three characters that takes place in different spaces and times; the protagonist takes a trip to save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, but for this he will have to find the tree of life. A visual work of art that is a genius.
“Primer” (2004) — Shane Carruth
It is about two engineers who carry out an experiment to search for patents, so they test their latest project: an apparatus that reduces the apparent mass to travel in time through a machine. Written, directed and starring Shane Carruth, who managed to do it on a very low budget. A work worth looking at again and again.
“Triangle” (2009) — Christopher Smith
A group of friends decide to spend their vacations on a yacht, a storm quickly forces them to board a cruise ship in which time seems to have stopped and one of the protagonists swears she had been there before. Although the plot of the film seems to be full of cliches, it will leave you shocked, as it is quite the opposite.
“Mr. Nobody” (2009) — Jaco Van Dormael
Film starring Jared Leto that tells the story of a 120-year-old man who in the future will be the last human. It shows us the different lives he has experienced and questions why he has lived so long. "Mr. Nobody ”intertwines different theories of quantum physics and other philosophical explanations about before and after. A film that is also a work of art.
“Coherence” (2013) — James Ward Byrkit
The meeting of some friends who talk about what happened in Finland in 1924 is shown, because after a comet passed, people went crazy; what they don't know is that just that night the comet will pass again. This film shows us that it is essential to have a good script, regardless of the low budget you have, to achieve a surprising result.