The guy who made that letterboxd list here, really surprised to see so much speculation and discussion about this obsession of mine take place on a site I didn't even know existed.
I can explain my position and would love to continue the discussion.
One thing I want to instantly clarify is one of my deciding factors that will make me opt for not putting something on the list, which applies to a lot of films that were brought up previously in this thread, is that I feel like my definition of maximalism does not apply to something that does ONE thing a lot. So a movie like His Girl Friday with tons of rapid fire dialogue would be an assault of just that, rapid fire dialogue.
The bulk of what I include on the list constitutes an overabundance of things, of throwing things at the wall having only some of them stick, having intense varied applications of a style, having an information overload.
My inclusion of something like Na Srebrnym Globie and not the rest of Żuławskis films is simply on that films boundless ambition of basically trying to execute a multi part sci fi epic in one compact film, like watching the entire Star Wars franchise on 3x speed, so we get bombarded with not only fast paced dialogue, but also tons of world building information and character development all at the same time. Overabundance rather than assault.
Brakhage was mentioned, and I have absolutely considered this myself. I decided against it simply because of his focus and precision. I'm not an expert on his films, but from what I have seen he will usually execute one singular idea as thoroughly as possible, and then that's that. Its a barrage of colors, and very fast paced flickery, but it is focused and methodical. It sets out to accomplish its thing, and does, nothing more.
But anyhow, WOW, tons of suggestions for things I HAVEN'T seen that I think I will absolutely check out!!! Makes me happy to see conversation sparked on something like this
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And I admit, no idea why I was neglecting Gilliam. My distaste for a lot of his films does not discredit them literally embodying this concept.
