Friday's Note: Dark fairy tales have a lot more cruelty and dark side than ordinary popular fairy tales, so it is more suitable for adults; and magic reality has a lot more despair and criticism of reality than pure magic, and it probably can't satisfy those who purely want to indulge in the Internet or seek eye-catching in Hollywood blockbusters. The following 10 recommended works (5 magical reality + 5 dark fairy tales) are such works. (Note: The 5 magic reality films are only personally similar to "magic realism", not an absolute concept).
1. The Tale of the Rainy Moon (1953)
Original name: Rain Moon Story
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Nation: Japan
Genre: Magical Reality
"Recommended Words" war-torn, poor, desperate people, paired with dark Japanese music, suffocating picture sense and chatty-like moving stories, make up this great Japanese movie...
2. The Thief of Time (1981)
Formerly known as time bandits
Director: Terry Gilliam
Country: United Kingdom
Genre: Dark Fairy Tale (also known as Cult Movie)
"Recommended" is an imaginative, yet critical alternative fairy tale film about reality and religion.
3. Nude Lunch (1991)
Formerly known as naked lunch
Director: David Cronenberg
Country: Canada
"Recommended" is an adaptation of the classic "Beat Literature". The director uses whimsical visuals to show the world through the eyes of a drug-addicted writer.
4. The Brothers Grimm (2005)
The brothers grimm
Genre: Dark Fairy Tale
"Recommended" Yes, the story is the story of the two brothers who wrote "Grimm's Fairy Tales" before they became famous. And their world itself is a "dark fairy tale".
5. "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006)
原名:the labyrinth of fauno
Director: Gilmour del Toro
Countries: Spain, Mexico
Genre: Dark Fairy + Magical Reality
"Recommended" A group of guerrilla fighters fighting the Nazis, a girl who searches for fairy tales in reality. The story of the film intersects and overlaps between magic and reality...
6. "Uncle Bumi Who Can Recall Past Lives" (2010)
原名：uncle boonmee who can recall his past live
Director: Apichatpong Welashaku
Country: Thailand
The director of "Recommended Words" tells us a story of reincarnation with a unique realistic expression.
7. The Story of a Story (2015)
原名: the story of the stories
Director: Matteo Galloni
Country: Italy
The story of "Recommended Words" is selected from the Five Days' Talk, which is based on five traditional Italian folk tales. Its dark and fairytale colors make people linger and mesmerize after watching it.
8. "Blood of My Blood" (2015)
原名:blood of my blood
Director: Marco Belocchio
"Recommendation" A tragic religious trial a hundred years ago, a hundred years later, a down-and-out vampire family, this is a religious magic story that travels through ancient and modern times.
9. The Death of the Sacred Deer (2017)
原名：the killing of a sacred deer
Director: Orgus Lancemos
The "Testimonials" film borrows an ancient Greek mythological fable to tell the story of a doctor-patient accident that occurred in the present moment, and the middle-class life of the perpetrator's family. This also somewhat shrouds the harsh reality with a layer of mystery.
10. Sicilian Ghost Story (2017)
Sicilian ghost story
Directed by: fabio grassadonia / antonio piazza
Genre: Magic Reality + Black Fairy Tale
"Testimonials" is a film that exposes the Italian mafia, but it is also a poignant black fairy tale.
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