Films like The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl.

The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl (1985) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Creepshow (1982) poster
1. Creepshow1982

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Dress (1996) poster
2. The Dress1996

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Little Tony (1998) poster
3. Little Tony1998

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Northerners (1992) poster
4. The Northerners1992

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Brain Damage (1988) poster
5. Brain Damage1988

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Desperate Living (1977) poster
6. Desperate Living1977

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Basket Case (1982) poster
7. Basket Case1982

Keeps the strange, dreamlike logic and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zerograd (1988) poster
8. Zerograd1988

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990) poster
9. Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema1990

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Family Game (1983) poster
10. The Family Game1983

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a strange, dreamlike logic.

Phantom of the Paradise (1974) poster
11. Phantom of the Paradise1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) poster
12. The Cars That Ate Paris1974

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the strange, dreamlike logic — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Excitement of the Do-Re-Mi-Fa Girl’s neighbours — where are yours?

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