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A better movie with a similar theme.....

posted 8 years ago by jwinchell-51515
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..is the 2014 German movie "Der Bau" (titled at some USA film festivals as "Kafka's The Burrow"} adapted from an unfinished 1923 story by Franz Kafka. It has a similar deteriorating high-rise tower at its center, but the life of the main character is much more interesting. This movie does not have the budget or stars of High-Rise, but while still "wild and crazy" in places is less a product of a director too full of himself. The ending is also much more satisfying. Worth a look.

[–] thebigmouth 8 years ago

Or Snowpiercer. Thanks for the Der Bau rec -- I'll check it out.

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[–] CosimaValkyrie 8 years ago

I thought Snowpiercer too

[–] pedrohenrique1618 8 years ago

el angel exterminador

[–] jwinchell-51515 8 years ago

pedrohenrique1618, thank you for the recommendation. Looks interesting!

[–] MrFilmJunkie 8 years ago

can we list more "sociotope" movies? (dunno if that's the correct word, i'm referring to movies which take place in a defined space where people live and with different kinds of facilites etc.)

those come to my mind:
snowpiercer, as mentioned before
gremlins 2
delicatessen

farther:
titanic
the poseidon adventure

[–] Mildred_Fierce 8 years ago

Terry Gilliam's Brazil.

[–] jwinchell-51515 8 years ago

I loved Brazil!