Friday, July 01, 2011

An Exciting Future on the Fat of the Land



















Quentin Dupieux's Rubber (2010) follows a tire that comes to life (or animates, as it were) and causes havoc with psychokinetic power. Is this film absurd? Yes. Is it occasionally meandering? Yes. Did I like it? Yes. Does it show that story line can make sense even when taking liberties with its projected audience? Yes. The plot will seem very familiar, because they all are to some degree. Three standouts in the actor pool: Stephen Spinella, Wings Hauser and Roxane Mesquida.

Link to official website (including trailer) here:  http://www.rubberthemovie.com/

Today's Rune: Journey.

2 comments:

Charles Gramlich said...

You're kidding! whoa. I do like Wings Hauser, though. An underrated actor.

jodi said...

Erik, does that big tire remind you of home? Uniroyal-the official welcome to Detroit!!