Schizopolis (1996)
9/10
"I believe so strongly...in mayonnaise ."
16 July 2017
The average viewer will no doubt be baffled and often confused by such a film as this. It functions like a David Lynch movie but has the tone of a quirky indie comedy as directed and written by a hybrid of a former Scientologist, a surrealist pioneer, an avant garde filmmaker, and Tim and Eric. It's...really, really, really weird and breaks every possible cinematic convention in a thrilling way. Few films are as fresh and as funny as this feat of satirical cinema that seems to take place in multiple dimensions. This is the type of film in which the accompaniment of a chart would be of great use for anyone attempting to figure out the events that had just occurred before their now- squinting or boggling eyes. Scenes are repeated with different styles/dialogue, the main character has a doppelganger, characters occasionally speak in tongues that are seemingly just gibberish, some moments include actors acting extremely alien, while in others their mannerisms are uncomfortably realistic, etc. The film works mainly as a comedic and upbeat version of "Mulholland Dr."
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