{"id":13242,"date":"2019-11-17T22:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T03:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=13242"},"modified":"2019-11-17T21:37:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T02:37:39","slug":"rubber-2010-quentin-dupieux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/13242","title":{"rendered":"Rubber (2010, Quentin Dupieux)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“No reason.”<\/p>\n

Dupieux’s third feature, made between Steak<\/a><\/em> and Wrong Cops<\/a><\/em>. The Mr. Oizo music is always a plus in these, and at first I thought it was excellent until anyone opened their mouth, and it became too self-conscious about its own wackiness. In the end, I think it’s his most watchable movie, even as it breaks all the rules of storytelling.<\/p>\n

First victim:<\/em>
\n<\/p>\n

And last:<\/em>
\n<\/p>\n

Cops led by Stephen Spinella of Ravenous<\/em> plus a briefcase-toting accountant (Mr. Show’s Button Gwinnett) hand out binoculars to a group of spectators, who view the birth of the Scanners<\/a>-powered killer tire, then all die from poisoned turkey – except for one veteran-looking wheelchair dude played by Wings Hauser (of Beastmaster II<\/em> and Watchers III<\/em>) who doesn’t eat.<\/p>\n

Spinella and Button, showing that none of this is real:<\/em>
\n<\/p>\n

Wings continues to observe the carnage for three days, and when the cops rig a dummy with explosives to trap the tire, he busts into their part of the movie to tell them it’s a stupid idea. “It’s not the end! He’s been reincarnated as a tricycle, c’mon!” The tricycle blows up Wings then continues with a growing tire army towards Hollywood.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The director is hilariously unpretentious in Cinema Scope<\/a>: “Obviously there is no meaning … Obviously I made a movie about a living tire so I want to have fun.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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