[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by ZigZagZombie

Just discovered this little gem a few months back myself. 'Tis a hard film to pin down in some ways due to the wild mix of genres, techniques and tones it utilises; plus it seems fascinating to speculate as to what kind of audience the director was pitching the film at (the fact that elements of the story were suggested by the director's teenage daughter may or may not answer that question but they certainly go some way to explaining the giddy, sugar-coated, cartoonsish qualities of much of the film).

Certainly feel the need to watch this again to clarify a few things that continue to nag me slightly (i.e. can't make my mind up yet whether I think it's intentionally satirical or not; pretty certain it may well be) but nonetheless I thoroughly enjoyed it first time through. Wanna pick up the Criterion Blu at some point (am sure those day-glo colours and general acid tinged tripiness will look stunning in HD) but will have to invest in a multi-region player to do so

Must admit, it was some of the creative comparisons I heard made in certain reviews which made me want to hunt this down. For instance, how could I resist watching a film described variously as "Scooby Doo as directed by Dario Argento" or "an episode of the Monkees as directed by Fellini" Whilst these comparisons are frankly somewhat reductive they do go a long way to showing just how bizarre this film really is.

i second that emotion...