This is a difficult movie to write about. It really needs to be seen. I tried to choose several different photos to try and convey the variety of bizarre sequences in this movie, but the few I've selected only represent a small fraction of the total. It is a french movie that essentially deals with acting. The main character, Monsieur Oscar, played by the versatile Denis Lavant (I think "versatile" is an understatement), is an actor who is ferried around in his limousine/dressing room to the various "jobs" he has to do during a typical work day. From a street-begging old maid to a trained assassin, to a sewer-dwelling elf, to an elderly man on his death bed, to an action-movie star in which his job entails performing fight scenes and love-making scenes all in a motion-capture suit. The movie definitely could be interpreted to delve into the question "what is acting?" or "what does creating cinema really mean?" However, these arguments only barely entered into my perception of this movie, as there doesn't appear to be an opinion or point of view that is being forced on the viewer. The viewing experience, for me, involved a lot more appreciation for the varying scenes and images, the strange interactions between the characters, and the great amount of creativity that went into the making of this movie. The result is a great feeling of "I wonder what is going to happen next!!!" I guess whether or not that makes it enjoyable or "entertaining" is up to each individual viewer.
4 stars.
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