Great Homemade Double-Features (1 Viewer)

[Eric C D]

I bothered to look through all the messages, and didn't see this pairing:

The Manchurian Candidate, and Dr. Strangelove

Eric

 

[David Lambert]

How about "Brainstorm" and "Strange Days"? Both deal with a form of technology that records peoples' experiences directly from the brain.

I've done that one!

 

[Aaron Reynolds]

DIRTY HARRY POTTER

ROTFLMAO...nice

Once I tried to run the two most completely different LaserDiscs I had as a double bill, only to realize that they were intricately linked, both thematically and visually:

Disney's Pinocchio
and
Blade Runner

Try it!

 

[Scott_J]

How about The Fog and Hard Rain?

 

[Randy B A]

trading places and coming to america

 

[Patrick McCart]

A few more:

Top Secret! and Kung Pow: Enter The Fist

and

City Lights and Being There.

 

[Daniel J]

National Velvet and The Black Stallion
Am I the only one who thinks the link between these two is creepy? (RE: Mickey Rooney's roles, coupled with the date the books were released, NV in 1935 and BS in 41; there's also a scene in NV where Rooney tells a story remarkably like that of BS...)

 

[Stu Rosen]

Just watched, back-to-back, "From Hell" and "Klute." A prostitute-in-peril double feature.

 

[Jerome Grate]

If my wife was choosing, it would be:
The Five Heartbeats and the Temptations
Love and Basketball and Brothers

For me,
Blade and Blade 2 (if I can get an early release copy)
Tomb Raider and Resident Evil (eye and ear candy I guess)
Dante's Peak and Volcano

 

[KlausWinkler]

Inspired by Michaels "13Days/JFK" feature...
"JFK" and "In the line of fire".

 

[Tom Rhea]

8-1/2 & Stardust Memories

Titus [Andronicus] & Dead Man Walking (a revenge movie double feature)

Creature from the Black Lagoon, Planet of the Vampires, Alien & Pitch Black

The Limey & The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (tough guys wear heels)

 

[David Lambert]

Disney's Pinocchio
and
Blade Runner

 

[Aaron Reynolds]

Thanks. It works really well, everyone should try it! Watch Pinocchio first, because
when you see some of Gepetto's clocks in JF Sebastian's apartment, everything totally falls into place.
If you plan on running that double bill, don't read the spoiler! That observation took my breath away when I ran them back to back.
If you need some convincing, read it. It isn't a plot spoiler.

 

[BrettB]

Casablanca & Top Secret!

 

[James Bergeron]

Dirty Dancing & Save the Last Dance

I like:
Harvey and A Beautiful Mind

From the list

 

[David Lawson]

Smoke Signals and Lone Star works on a number of levels, the similar narrative structure being the most obvious.

 

[James Bergeron]

Actually "A Beautifull Mind" & "Phenonmenon"

 

[Seth Paxton]

Ben-Hur and The Celluloid Closet

Oh great, this again...
I have one for next year when the DVDs come out...
Signs and 13 Conversations about One Thing
really a good match

 

[Seth Paxton]

Oh, and how about Rollerball (original) and North Dallas Forty

I also see a VERY strong connection between Waking Life and Muholland Drive, but to not spoil them I won't mention here.


Let me add that there have been some really good, interesting pairings put up. Definately some I will pursue.

 

[James M]

I think pairing up movies the same director or actors is ussually a good comparision, or certainly similar genres will work.
A couple good ones I can think of off hand are,
Lock stock and two smoking barrels with Snatch
or any combo of these with each other, truman show, dark city, matrix, eXistanZ, the 13th floor.
hmmm what else.... maybe like das boot with U-571
ummm...cant think of any more right now, but this type of thing always comes to my mind.