Key Features When Deciding Whether The Movie You Just Watched Is An Art Narrative Film

The movie should contain most of the following:

1/ A non linear Narrative such as flashbacks
2/ Considerable dream sequences
3/ Existentialism (or subjective realism)
4/ A theme that explores the human condition (ie: death, meaning of life)
5/ Plot takes a backseat to the mise en scene
6/ Opaque plots, narrative strands and/or endings
7/ Abstract or avant garde narrative
8/ Confusing behaviour from characters
9/ Confusing/subjective meaning
10/ Scenery forms part of the plot
11/ Immoral/quirky minor stand out characters
12/ Sexually charged

Some examples include:

2001 A Space Odyssey
Mulholland Drive
Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me
The Box
The Man Who Fell To Earth
THX118
Brazil
The Future
The Red Shoes
Random Acts (TV show)

All My Favourite TV (Old & New), According To Genre, Part 1

ACTION THRILLER

ever -  Batman (Action Thriller - Comic Series / Adventure - Comic Series - Thriller / Comedy - Farse)  (US)  (BBC2/ BBC4/ ABC)




ADVENTURE

ever – Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman (Adventure - Comic Series - Thriller / Romantic Drama / Comedy Drama- Farce) (US) (Channel 4)




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now- Tango - No I Have Never Been Tangoed (UK)




ever - Fires - (Kissing Animals, Carole King) (Advertisement) (UK)



ANIMATION

ever – Beavis & Butthead (Animation / Comedy - Black- Satire / Music) (US) (Channel 4/ MTV/ Viva The Hits) 


ART NARRATIVE

ever – Random Acts (Art-Narrative) (UK) (Channel 4)

AWARDS SHOW

now/ ever – The Brit Awards (Awards / Music) (UK) (ITV/1)




BIOGRAPHICAL DRAMA

ever- The Kennedy’s (US) (BBC2)




BOLLYWOOD DRAMA 

CHAT SHOW

now– The Graham Norton Show (Chat Show / Comedy) (UK) (BBC1/BBC2)




ever- The Jerry Springer Show (Chat Show - Talk Show - Tabloid TV) (US) (ITV/1/ITV4/Pick)

Favourite TV, Part 2


CHILDREN'S ANIMATION

now - Oscar's Oasis (Animation - cgi / Adventure - Thriller/ Comedy - Farse) (US/ S.Korea) (POP)




ever – Thomas The Tank Engine (Animation/ Drama-Kitchen Sink/ Comedy-Farse) (UK) (ITV/5)

CHILDREN'S COMEDY DRAMA OR SIT COM

ever - The Cone (Children's Comedy Drama - Sit Com- Farse) (UK) (ITV)


CHILDREN'S DRAMA

ever - Halfway Across The Universe & Turn Left (Children's Drama - Science Fiction/ Children's Comedy Drama) (Aus) (ITV)


CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT

ever - What's Up Doc? (Children's Entertainment- Light Entertainment) (UK) (ITV)


CHILDREN'S FACTURAL

ever - How 2 (Children's Factural- Science) (UK) (ITV)


CHILDREN'S FEATURE

ever - Art Attack (Children's Feature/ Children's Factural) (UK) (ITV)


CHILDREN'S GAME SHOW

ever - Finders Keepers (Children's Game Show) (UK) (ITV)

COMEDY DRAMA

now - Peep Show (Comedy Drama / Sitcom - Black) (UK) (Channel 4)

ever - The League Of Gentleman (Comedy Drama- Sketch Show - Black - Surreal / Horror) (UK) (BBC2)

CONSTRUCTED REALITY

ever – The Simple Life (Constructed Reality / Comedy) (US) (Channel 4/E4/ 4 The Hits) 

Favourite TV by Genre, Part 3

CRIME THRILLER

now/ever - Gotham (Crime Thriller - Comic Series/ Psychological Thriller- Gory / Police Detective Series/ Action Thriller- Comic Series/ Comedy- Black / Drama - Melodrama) (US) (Channel 5)

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Now/ever – On Assignment (Current Affairs/ Documentary) (UK) (ITV1)


DOCUMENTARY

now - (D.Tennant - pets) (Documentary - Nature & Wildlife) (UK) (BBC2)

ever – (atoms) (Documentary - Science) (UK) (BBC 4)

COMEDY

now – Charlie Brooker’s Yearly Wipe (Comedy – Satire – Black – Scatological / News)  (UK) (BBC2)

ever – Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe (Comedy – Satire – Black – Scatological) (UK) (BBC4)

DRAMA

now – Wentworth Prison (Drama- Melodrama- Mystery/ Psychological Thriller) (Aus/US) (Channel 5)

ever – Tales Of The Unexpected (Drama-Mystery) (UK) (ITV; ITV3)

EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY 

ever – (music with Big George) (Education - College) (UK) (BBC 2)




EDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS

ever- GCSE Bitesize French (Education - Secondary Schools- GCSE) (UK) (BBC2)


ENTERTAINMENT

now - Big Brother's Bit On The Side (Entertainment/ Reality Game Show - Spin off) (Channel 5) (UK/Neth)

ever – Derren Brown’s Great Art Robbery (Entertainment/ Factural Reality) (UK) (Channel 4)


EROTICA

now/ ever – Cucumber (Erotica/ Romantic Drama –Rom Com/ Comedy Drama/ Drama- melodrama) (UK/US) (Channel 4) 

Favourite TV by Genre, Part 4

FACTURAL

now –  House Through The Ages (Factural - Reality / Docuemntary - History) (UK) (BBC2)

ever – (carrying out tests with Richard Bacon) (Factural - Reality/ Talant Show) (UK) (Channel 4)

FACTURAL SPECIALIST


now – The Truth Behind Marijuana (Documentary-  Experiment - Specialist Factural/ Health)  (UK) (Channel 4)

FANTASY

ever – Pushing Up Daisey's (Fantasy/ Romantic Drama/ Situation Comedy) (US) (ITV1/2)

GAME SHOW

now- You’re Back In The Room (Game Show/ Comedy) (UK) (ITV1) 

ever – The Krypton Factor (90’s run) (UK) (ITV/ Challenge)

HORROR

ever – The Outer Limits (90’s version) (Horror/ Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction) (US/Can/UK) (BBC 1; ABC)




INTERACTIVE GAMING & CHAT 

MUSIC




now - (music TV show clips) (Music/ Arts/ Comedy - Irreverant) (UK) (ITV1/4)

ever- Pop Up Video UK (Music/ Comedy - Irreverant) (UK/US) (Channel 4)

MUSICAL




NEWS




now/ ever - Channel 4 News (News/ Topical) (UK) (Channel 4)




NOIR TV DRAMA

PERIOD DRAMA

POLICE DETECTIVE SERIES




now - The Fall (Police Detective Series/ Psychological Thriller/ Erotic  - thriller/ Crime Thriller) (UK) (BBC2)

ever - Cracker (Police Detective Series/ Psychological Thriller/ Crime Thriller/ Drama - Gentle Melodrama - Gritty Drama)  (UK) (ITV/3)