Reality
Fairly hard to give a coherent description of this one. It's from quentin dupieux, the director of Rubber, Wrong and Wrong cops. If you liked those the short review would be go check this out.
For those who haven't, well his films are pretty much the most abstract, absurd comedies you might care to imagine. Here he takes the basic premise of the film within a film structure and removes all the traditional boundaries between the layers. Supposedly fictional characters appear in scenes with 'real' characters and events within films affect things in the main narrative. Alain Chabat plays Jason Tantra, a cameraman has a pitch for a film about killer TV's that's accepted with one condition, he must find the perfect groan for the films death scenes. Easier said than done. Meanwhile John Heder plays Dennis, a man who hosts a cooking show Jason also works on. He dresses as a rat and is convinced he has a skin rash when he doesn't. John Glover plays Zog, a director working on a film about a girl called reality who discovers a videotape inside a pig that might relate to Jason's story. Jason has briefly met Zog BTW. We also get Eric Wareheim as Reality's Headteacher who has nightmares about dressing up as a woman and randomly abusing old men. Its only a nightmare because he never usually dreams about old people. He's also in therapy with Jasons wife. From there it just keeps getting weirder.
For me this is probably Dupieux best film. As mad as it is it actually works better as a complete film than his previous films. I liked them a lot but they often felt like a collection of skits loosely tied together. Recommended with caution.
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