DEFINING FILMS
The movies that terrify, tickle and trigger tears for Adam Buxton.
THE FIRST MOVIE I EVER SAW
One of my earliest cinema memories is The Rescuers. It’s about mice from all over the world forming a UN-like organisation called the Rescue Aid Society that helps people who have been abducted. One member is a hot mouse called Miss Bianca who has white fur and is voiced by Eva Gabor. The only bad thing was the songs. We always had the Disney’s Greatest Hits cassette on in the car and [my sister and I] would sing along to all the bangers. The Rescuers songs were pretty shit. Although, the Rescue Aid Society theme was quite good.
THE LAST FILM I SAW IN A CINEMA
The Creator. I was excited because I love sci-fi and robots, and Gareth Edwards is brilliant at all that robot stuff. Some of the machines in it got me as excited as I was seeing X-wings and TIE fighters for the first time when I saw Star Wars in 1978. It had amazing visuals and, conceptually, I liked that I was seeing a film about AI with a slightly different take on it from pretty much everything everyone was saying after ChatGPT came out, which was, ‘Oh, we’re fucked.’ It was nice seeing The Creator and thinking, ‘Maybe there’s more to it than that.’
THE FILM THAT SCARES ME MOST
Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin. Scarlett Johansson plays this beautiful alien woman who roams Scotland picking up men, harvesting their essence and sending it back home. Two big scenes are beyond horrific: Scarlett watching impassively as a couple try to rescue their dog and end up drowning in the sea while their baby cries on the sand, and the bit where she takes the bloke to her special marinating pool and he sees another bloke floating around who pops. It’s the most nightmarish thing I’ve ever seen.
THE FILM THAT A LWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH
Galaxy Quest. It’s perfect for me because I love that whole genre. Tim Allen’s great, Sam Rockwell’s brilliant, Alan Rickman’s amazing, and as someone who’s obsessed with Alien, it was so good having Sigo
