one of the greatest body horror films ever made, or just horror films in general, all of which is communicated through its strange affectual formalism. it made me feel weird and uncomfortable in a way no other film has, partially because it's also strangely alluring - like, i couldn't not look at the film as it bends and melts and distorts itself. feverish and somewhat melancholy, at least as it pertains to the film's subjects: like years of crushed daydreams seen from a distance, long ago looping in the mind against tedium only to be quickly forgotten.

also, this is one of the only films that benefits from being watched in poor quality. i think of it were to be remastered and made crisp and clear - the images made intelligible - it'd be too overwhelming in its uncanniness (though that could also be a positive i suppose).

also a great film about horniness. i think.

One of the best films of the millennium, a wry digital experiment that is revealed (in a better twist than any recent mainstream movie contains) to be a comment on how digital filmmaking will change Hollywood, with the real work now done by programmers in Toronto offices.

Or, Groundhog Day 2, or, the original Too Many Cooks, or, The Five-And-A-Half Minute Hallway, or, Michael Snow Is The Only Man On Earth Who Would Even Consider Erasing His Own Images From The Screen, or, Just Another Reminder That Michael Snow Is The Greatest Experimental Filmmaker Who Ever Lived. My head hurts.

the glow of cyber-capital, so radiant and seductive

Just want to work my 9 to 5 and watch the cloud channel with my family

Coming to begrudgingly accept that Snow will always be thiiiis close to something I really gel with but never quite land it right. I appreciate his consistent commitment to exploring every possibility of the scenarios he sets up, but that usually means moments wear out their welcome 10-20 minutes before they actually end. I still find myself on the same, uh, Wavelength (1967) as his sense of humor (this is his workplace comedy!) and how it ties in with his form, but I mostly just can't say this did much for me. I'll keep trying, though.

Feels like an academic approach to humor to me; found myself wishing I were watching Ryan Trecartin or something instead (or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, something truly outsider like After Last Season). There were two individual moments I laughed at, but mostly I felt inescapably outside of the film. Snow's intentional distanciation kept me out of it, so I guess that's successful, but my question is why? I can see what people appreciate about this but on a personal level I can't get enthusiastic about this at all.

Michael Snow somehow takes the KidPix 3D aesthetic and turns it into something high-brow and genius.

BREAKTHROUGH IN THE GRAY ROOM

You know those psych experiments where babies are more alert and interested when you show them something that violates their expectations (like "two plus two equals five") than when you show them a thing they can process easily? This is that test for grownups.

Made in the same year as David Lynch's Rabbits. The Black Lodge masquerading as Pee Wee's Playhouse. Cthulhu is real, just like the Louvin Brothers.

From my time watching movies, I have encountered many bruh moments. This was possibly the biggest.

Really?

Couldn't finish it mostly because it was freaking me out so I skipped through big chunks but I can appreciate what it's going for

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三家92
拍的还挺疯的，看电视，电视里的节目占了不少篇幅，出字幕，结束，继续电视外的内容。
想起aaaaaaaa

no clue what to make of this one lol

Very, very funny. Seems like something that’d be on Adult Swim. Very weird elaborate jokes. Hearing much of the direction as it’s happening feels as surprising as what the direction then becomes, usually something far divergent than its seemingly simple request. 

“You reach for the pizza, but it disappears. You lean back, discouraged.” 

Michael Snow somehow takes the KidPix 3D aesthetic and turns it into something high-brow and genius.

Ahead of it’s time 18 years ago, ahead of time by today’s standards, confident it will remain ahead of its time for decades to come

endlessly inspiring, feels like I am looking into the director's head at pure unfiltered ideas. I would be very pleased with myself if I could ever make something as good as this

Just want to work my 9 to 5 and watch the cloud channel with my family

virtualidades do corpo, do espaço e da narrativa.