Feldman was the closest thing to a leader to that this circus of a movie would ever have. Grit was the last thing on anybody’s mind in the ’60s, when Adam West’s Batman ruled the airwaves. Yet while all those directors go out with their singular vision to create the Weird, Casino Royale was an accident.įor those used to the 2006 gritty serious Casino Royale starring Daniel Craig, you should know that the 1967 version has almost nothing in common with that movie. It’s more jarring than Jodorowsky, it’s madder than Malick, it’s trippier than Von Trier. Plus it’s a James Bond movie! You cannot get further from standard commercial filmmaking than 007, can you?Īnd yet despite trying to be only a spoof the 1967 Casino Royale is as bizarre and experimental as anything you will find in the Indie scene. Columbia Pictures poured millions into this production, getting stars like Woody Allen, Peter Sellers, Orson Welles, and Ursula Andress to appear. It was the 13th most popular film of 1967 in fact. Casino Royale was a major studio release, probably the most mainstream movie we’ve ever covered. Nobody will ever figure out Richard Kelly except Richard Kelly, that’s what makes him so interesting, and his movies so confounding.īut this week’s Weird Watch is not at all mysterious, the filmmaker’s goals were obvious.

Those movies go out of their way to be as inscrutable and fascinating as possible. There’s plenty of weird to be found in the arthouse genre. You watch that jaw-dropped, utterly lost by what director Richard Kelly was going for. One of the great things about Weird Watches is that recurring thumping question: “what were they thinking?” There are movies like Southland Taleswhich simply refuse to make sense. Here at Fandom, we like to go hunting for some offbeat and off-the-wall films and television shows that might just become your own secret treasures.Strap yourself in and expect the unexpected, because this week’s Weird Watch is the 1967 spy comedy Casino Royale.

For every Star Wars, there is a Garzey’s Wing. Part of the joy of being a fan is finding odd and obscure gems that you end up falling in love with.

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