Science Fiction Fandom

The Future is Now

Non-Genre Films that Fans Love
Panel discussion at ARISIA 2008. Description from the program schedule: "There's nothing fantastic about MEMENTO,
but it somehow feels like science fiction. What other realist movies are especially attractive to fans of SF and fantasy?
What are the qualities that make them feel like genre?
Panel members: Julie Tenney, Sonya Taaffe, Eric M. Van & Adam Lipkin.
Also available as a mp3 audio file

Films mentioned either by panelists or audience members:

The Usual Suspects (1995)
A Canterbury Tale (1949) Director Michael Powell
O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) or anything by the Coen Brothers
Golden Door (2007)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
The Paper Chase (1973)
Fanny and Alexander (1982) the *long* version .. 5 hours
Sleuth (1972)
The Prestige (2006)
The Third Man (1949)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Sliding Doors (1998)
Vertigo (1958 .. Hitchcock)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter .. and Spring (2004)
Big Fish (2003)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Assault on Precint 13 (1976)
Russian Ark (2002)
Tampopo (1986)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Any Kevin Smith movie
The King of Comedy (1983)
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Whale Rider (2003)
The Fast Runner (2002)
The Sting (1973)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Chinatown (1974)
Waking Life (2001)
American Splendor (2003)
Spellbound (2002)
Wordplay (2006)
The King of Kong (2007)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
The Station Agent (2003)
The Cuckoo (2002)
In the Company of Men (1997)
Brick (2005)
Impromptu (1991)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Happy Accidents (2001)
I Love Huckabees (2004)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Harold and Maud (1971)

There were a few more mentioned but I could not either hear the title, or could not find them listed on Netflix.

For more information on the show, SCIENCE FICTION FANDOM, contact the producer, Richard Amirault ( ramirault_at_verizon_dot_net )