16 Weirdest Movie Musicals to Watch Before You Play, From Adam Driver to Annette
Is rock opera on the verge of renaissance? Atrailer hasjust arrivedfor Annette , a romantic fantasy (I think so?) Starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, set to hit Prime Video this month, giving us a reason to revisit some of our favorite musicals.
Look, we love all types of musicals here, so don’t look for any connotation in the assumption that not all film musicals are made the same, and that some go further (much further) than others to challenge our expectations. genre. Some skew our ideas of what a musical can be until they barely break, while others play entirely by their own rules.
None of these films are weird just for the sake of weirdness. Although not all of them can be for every taste, each of them deserves special attention. Some of them are among the best musicals of their time or even in the history of cinema. Others are fun experiments aimed at the sun. (American films are a little over-represented here, but that has to do with accessibility as well as everything else.)