recommend some post-apocoliptic movied

[psood0nym]

I just saw 12 Monkeys and it was one of the most haunting flicks I've ever seen... really, REALLY fucking incredible film. It wasn't exactly visceral, but it's really mentally engaging

Check out the short La Jetee on youtube. Chris Marker is an incredible film maker. It's the film "12 monkeys" was inspired by. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=la+jetee&search=Search

Also, for obscure post-apocalyptic viewing see the animated Wizards by Ralph Bakshi (Heavy Traffic, Cool World). Nazi/Fantasy themes in a world where magic has replaced technology. It's the Smurfs on dirty acid. Altered viewing is a must.

There's a lot of anime in this vein too, unfortunately most anime is god awful.
These "p.a." anime films are decent though:
Akira (post telekinetic catastrophe)
Fist of the North Star (if I recall the plot correctly, it's been a while)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Oscar Winner Miyazaki directs)

 

[AndyChrist]

as for the mad max series... mad max three is the only one that really attempts to tackle post-apocalyptic themes... the second one partially does, and the first one isn't even based in a post-apocalyptic world (a fact which the second movie never adresses, despite being based in the post-apocalyptic world) is the cause of the apocalypse in mad max ever explained?

I think The Road Warrior does deal with a post-apocalyptic scenario, in that it's showing what lengths people will go to for what we consider to be the basics of life.

As far as my recommendations:

Appleseed (2006): The last city on the planet is surrounded by soldiers fighting wars that ended years before. AI computers and synthetic humans run everything, fashioning a utopian society for the remaining humans.

The Omega Man (1971): After a world war fought with biological weapons, the lone human survivor tries to hold off a group of mutants called the "Family" who blame science and technology for the war.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001): Maybe it shouldn't have been a Final Fantasy title, but it's still really cool and a benchmark for computer animation. A scientist tries to find a way to save the earth from killer phantoms.

 

[befuddle]

The Omega Man (1971): After a world war fought with biological weapons, the lone human survivor tries to hold off a group of mutants called the "Family" who blame science and technology for the war.

Decent film this. The Quiet Earth is based on the same book, interesting to see a different take on it.

I watched Zardoz after seeing this thread.. one hell of a costume 8(

 

[Ravr]

Teenage Caveman(2002)

Nothing like doing drugs and fucking all day/ night, when the world has ended