Films that inspire noise or music creation

[Cranial Blast]

I spent the Sunday afternoon revisting some flicks from the past and one of which was the film Narc. It came out back in 2002. It's kind of a gritty urban crime drama, starring Jason Patric & Ray Liotta (R.I.P.). It was a very underrated film that doesn't get enough recognition in my opinion, felt like it had a strong depressive undertone as well. I forgot how emotionally impactful the last scene of the film was and best scene of Ray Liotta's acting career and again in my opinion, for what it's worth, but at any rate inspired me to write lyrics and start the template for a new track immediately. I was wondering if anyone else has come under such reaction immediately after watching a film where they felt compelled to act on straight away before the feeling dissipates with modern tasks that cloud visions of art!

[Moran]

None recently, but Brakhage's films inspired me when I was a young student. The Garden of Earthly Delights, Dog Star Man and so on.

[Vrenndel]

It would be hard for me to name a movie in particular that immediately gave me the inspiration to turn on my gear and start messing around, looking for a particular sound or pattern. On the other hand, though, I can get really inspired to write down fragments of lyrics or short texts while watching movies, or shortly after it. A dialogue, a scene, even a commentary does provoke it sometimes.  First ones that come to mind are Berlin Syndrome (2017), Dogtooth (2009) and Humane (2024) but the list is way longer of course.

[Cementimental]

In a literal, diegetic sense:

Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? (2005)
Electric Dragon 80.000 V (2001)
The Shout (1978)
Kick That Habit (1989)

[UnsophisticatedSorehead]

Some very obvious reference points in my case, but Hard to Be a God, Magnetic Rose (Memories), some of Bela Tarr's and Andrej Zulawski's work, and the strange post-apocalyptic films that came out of the former USSR have all had a profound impact on me. A lot of the soundscapes and textures I like to create I do with these works in mind. Weirdly enough, Martyrs belongs somewhere in there too..... kinda difficult to admit.

Beyond that, I have always gotten a very industrial, harsh noise vibe from Shozin Fukui's films (RIP). The Tetsuo series fits as well. I think part of it comes from the soundtracks and the schizophrenic, guerrilla-style filmmaking but it's hard to tell how much of that is actually in the films and how much is just association on my part since I first saw most of them around the same time I was getting into noise.