Réalité (2014)
66KRéalité: Directed by Quentin Dupieux. With Alain Chabat, Jonathan Lambert, Élodie Bouchez, Kyla Kenedy. A wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.
“There is genius in this film. If you are bored with much of the formulaic output of Hollywood, but still have a passion for film, this might just be for you. Granted, itu0026#39;s not for everyone. I can only speak for myself. I still have chills from my first viewing. Only after it was over did I understand I had just watched the second film from the man behind Rubber. Glad I didnu0026#39;t even know, as expectations would have been quite high. Having grown up with rented video tapes in the 80u0026#39;s, this speaks to me on an intuitive level, using a language of cues, but remixed with a great deal of finesse and an engaging visual style, which had me grabbing frames here and there for inspiration in my architectural work. While shot with a keen eye for color, depth and composition, the filmu0026#39;s strength lies in its mastery of the time domain.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe storyline edits weave jaggedly into each other in a provocative manner and the art house ingredient, psychedelic in its simplicity, works its magic once it has taken hold of you. I see no room for improvement here, it is simply a great work. Where Rubber was a testament to the strength of the storytelling formula, this is the master wielding it just forcefully enough to grab peopleu0026#39;s attention. I suspect thereu0026#39;s a lot more where this came from. As someone who lives with parts of stories, unfinished tracks slaved over in the recording studio, this ode to the behind- the-scenes heroics of unsung heroes was beyond captivating. Like an Ayahuasca trip, it is best described as liberating…like an itch, scratched at last. Bravo!”
