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Showing posts with label David Zellner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Zellner. Show all posts

Saturday, 2 November 2024

Sasquatch Sunset (2024)


What can I say about this movie? It's fantastically original and strange. Basically a nature documentary about four Sasquatch out in the wild, doing what Bigfeet do. There is no dialogue or subtitles, so the story is essentially told in grunts and a light musical score, as we follow their adventures into the wilderness and great unknown. It's hard to recommend this unless you really know what you're getting into, but it's delightfully memorable if you're strange in the head, like me. From the director of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, so you know you're in capable hands.
If you want more tall, hairy creatures walking around wailing at each other (although accomplished to lesser effect), check out the The Star Wars Holiday Special. If you enjoy the scenery and adventurous element of this film, I highly recommend Swiss Army Man.

3½ furious lactations out of 5

Monday, 21 March 2016

KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER [2014]

Writer/director David Zellner brings us the fictional "true story" of Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter to the screen with a comically tragic flare.
A young unbalanced woman from Tokyo travels to North Dakota in hopes of finding the suitcase full of money Steve Buscemi buried in the film Fargo.
It's a beautiful and bizarre film that is funny as it is sad, while managing to be as easily accessible as it is unique.  Rinko Kikuchi does a splendid job at portraying Kumiko with a fragile determination that roars most when she's silently gesturing.   Its bleak yet alluring photography, bizarre score and gaggle of oddball supporting characters make it a wonderfully mystifying journey into a familiar yet foreign world.

4½ bunnies in transit out of 5