"Foot-long veggie on wheat." Korchek suggests she leave Fletcher and move in with him. Korchek says he can't help, and that his brother should not be dealing with drug dealers anyway. It very brilliantly satirizes relationships, marriage, sex, stress, work, the media, and communication, and many more elements of life. I may not know much, but I know that the wind sings your name endlessly, although with a slight lisp that makes it difficult to understand if I'm standing near an air conditioner. The next day Korchek gets to work and is confronted by a large man who says "Your brother, eight hours, fifteen thousand dollars." Change your life; accept my love. Korchek falls instantly in love with her and writes a letter professing his love. Fletcher: Imminent sustenance. Contents. Schizopolis (also known as Steven Soderbergh's Schizopolis) is a 1996 surrealist experimental comedy film with a non-linear narrative written and directed by Steven Soderbergh Plot ... Fletcher: Generic greeting. He leaves this note on her door and goes home. After nonsensical ranting, repeating "nose army" again and again, Elmo exposes his crotch during a police interrogation. Schizopolis (also known as Steven Soderbergh's Schizopolis) is a 1996 surrealist experimental comedy film with a non-linear narrative written and directed by Steven Soderbergh. An example is the following: In the DVD commentary, the filmmakers point out that the reports never have anything to do with the story, and are generally satirical in nature. As he progresses through his day the audience sees the lack of attention he is paying to the people around him, degrading to the point where he comes home for dinner and he and his wife illustrate their lack of communication by simply describing what they are saying. When he is first seen, the T-shirt sports the title of the film; in his later appearance, it says "The End." The audience sees the events unfold in the opening act through Fletcher's point of view. You will need to see the picture again and again until you understand everything. Way back in the prolific filmography Steven Soderbergh (whose latest film, Unsane, is out on DVD this week), there’s the tiny Schizopolis (1996), his hilarious, endlessly creative mental breakdown of a vanity project.Full of ideas and self-amusement, It’s best imagined as Soderbergh’s sketch comedy show, as projected straight from his brain. The next day, Dr. Korchek has breakfast with his heroin addict brother, who first asks to stay with Korchek, and then asks to borrow money. The brother tries to see it from this perspective, but they cannot see eye to eye on this one. AboutMembershipDonationPrivacyTerms of Use. None of this leads to a literal point, but after a while an undercurrent of disease about making sense of the modern world becomes apparent beneath the jokes. Some of the filmmaker’s keen intelligence remains on display, but only in fractured and often obscure form, and pic overall gives the impression of a giant expurgation of negative feelings about things in general rather than a carefully articulated brief on recognizable subjects. Focus returns to Eventualism in a climactic assassination attempt on Schwitters, but lack of any dramatic through-line or coherent subject makes bewilderment the principal response to the film as a whole. Broke, tired, loveless and depressed, Korchek leaves work, only to find that the large man's time limit has elapsed. Meanwhile, Elmo Oxygen, a local exterminator, spends much of his time going from house to house, bedding the bored housewives of the men in the community who work for Schwitters (including Richards' widow). Heading in to catch the "surprise" entry, festgoers didn't know for sure what they were about to see and were not in the least enlightened by the picture itself, which bears no credits at all, either front or rear, except for a one-frame copyright card at the end that goes by so fast as to prove unreadable. This is in a similar vein to the "generic greetings" of the earlier act. Fletcher sees the underlying meaning in everything, paying more attention to what is meant, rather than what is said. Although the film does not have a linear plot, a skeletal structure exists, telling the same story from three different perspectives divided into three acts. Elmo: (looking to see that they're alone) Nose army. The film's main character is Fletcher Munson (played by Soderbergh), an office employee working under Theodore Azimuth Schwitters. Nose army. This is in a similar vein to the "generic greetings" of the earlier act. Along the way, characters begin speaking in different forms of gibberish, with Munson and his wife relating in a fitfully amusing techno-ese in which they might say hello by uttering “generic greeting,” or indicate they’re going out by announcing “imminent departure.” Genuinely funny is Munson’s habit of speaking to his wife in foreign languages, and some of Soderbergh’s absurdist wordplay isn’t bad either. Indeed, anyone expecting anything remotely like Soderbergh’s previous work will be thrown for a loop, as “Schizopolis” (title appears only on a character’s T-shirt) is as mangy, indecipherable and from-the-hip as his previous films are precise, literate and meticulously calibrated. Housewife: (Inviting him in) Nomenclature. Whatever else it may be—a riotous Möbius strip of deranged word games and doppelgänger metaphysics, a scalding allegory of professional and personal disappointment, the missing link between Ferdinand de Saussure and Kentucky Fried Movie—Steven Soderbergh’s Schizopolis is, most obviously, a compendium of Things You Just Don’t Do. Interpretations differ greatly, though, and the narrative jokes about its own apparent lack of meaning; at one point in the middle of the film a written message appears on a tree trunk stating "IDEA MISSING.". Although the film does not have a linear plot, a skeletal structure exists, telling the same story from three different perspectives divided into three acts. Schwitters survives and Elmo is arrested. Fletcher finishes Schwitters' speech and all seems to be well. After nonsensical ranting, repeating "nose army" again and again, Elmo exposes his crotch during a police interrogation. Korchek has to admit that he has fallen in love with someone else and this probably is not going to work out. Contents. Ooh, really well-rehearsed speech about workload and stress. David Jensen played Elmo Oxygen as well as being the casting director and key grip) and many friends and relatives were hired in various capacities. His personal life suffers because of his work, and he becomes even more detached from his wife, who is trying to cope by having an affair. After offering several responses ("Yes." Film had a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival as odd as its own nature. The next day Korchek gets to work and is confronted by a large man who says "Your brother, eight hours, fifteen thousand dollars." Although the film does not have a linear plot, a skeletal structure exists, telling the same story from three different perspectives divided into three acts. The film has no beginning or end credits. Broke, tired, loveless and depressed, Korchek leaves work, only to find that the large man's time limit has elapsed. Mrs. Munson says she will think about it. Uninspired description of movie and subsequent conversation with girlfriend. Fletcher follows his doppelganger home, closes his eyes, and becomes this mystery man. At the beginning of the film, Soderbergh speaks to the audience in a style meant to evoke Cecil B. DeMille's introduction to The Ten Commandments. Schizopolis (also known as Steven Soderbergh's Schizopolis) is an experimental comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh in 1996 with a non-linear narrative. He simply wrote lines prior to shooting each scene and allowed improvisation as well. The second act follows the doppelganger, one Dr. Jeffrey Korchek. After offering several responses ("Yes." The film's main character is Fletcher Munson (played by Soderbergh), an office employee working under Theodore Azimuth Schwitters, the leader of a self-help company/religion/lifestyle known as Eventualism, a clear reference to L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. Once there, he sees a car parked in the driveway. Korchek goes to work. Fletcher follows his doppelganger home and closes his eyes and becomes this mystery man. Schizopolis and the Chaos of American Suburban Living. As Elmo makes his rounds, he is followed by a couple in an SUV. [4] The film was poorly received at the Cannes Film Festival, where it ran as a film surprise. Wife: Overly dramatic statement regarding upcoming meal. His personal life suffers because of his work, and he becomes even more detached from his wife, who is trying to cope by having an affair. It obviously represents an act of rebellion against prevailing industry norms, but to what end is quite unclear. One such theme is lack of communication: Munson and his wife only engage in templates of speech, such as "Generic greeting!" Its humorous intent is signaled more by such devices as speeded-up action and goofy sound effects than by any genuine wit or behavioral comedy. Meanwhile, Elmo Oxygen, a local exterminator, spends much of his time going from house to house, bedding the bored housewives of the community, and taking pictures of his genitals using various cameras he finds on tables and in cabinets.

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