Caviar (2023)

Caviar (2023). Caviar: Directed by Jacob Michael King. With Betsey Brown, Colleen Hallas, James Healy Jr., Jacob Michael King. Antigone Corday is an aspiring social media influencer. She is mourning the recent death of her brother, Jeremiah, a well-known pundit and voice for progressive causes. Soon, she receives a mysterious package in the mail–a pre-recorded video of Jeremiah. He claims to have uncovered a conspiracy that will throw her worldview, and the fate of the planet, into question.

“Caviar is a weird mockumentary-horror, that combines elements of found footage, mock social media posts, and deep fake audio clips of real politicians (with videos featuring professional lookalikes), to fashion a bizarre conspiracy about a u0026quot;missingu0026quot; activist, aliens, and owls…or something like that.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s kind of hard to follow exactly what is going on in the rest of the film, to be honest.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the plot revolves around a left-leaning family being drawn deep down the rabbit hole of a right wing conspiracy.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhich acts to both blend and blur the lines between the two dichotomies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt plays off a series of tropes present in mediums particularly exploited by the fringe extremes of the internet.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThings like youtube series, vodcasts, and podcasts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll of which culminates with an absurd story about the nefarious intentions of owls – who may or may not be aliens and/or demons from another dimension or planet.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEither way…whatever itu0026#39;s about…itu0026#39;s a convoluted mess.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlbeit, by design.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBecause even when itu0026#39;s over…you still arenu0026#39;t sure what the hell it was ever about.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOther than it has something to do with a bad trip…or mkultra…or child sacrifice…or some combination of the three, perhaps.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWho the hell knows.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJust embrace the weirdness.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnd roll with it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCause none of it makes any sense.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s just a ride.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e2 out of 10.”