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is it meant to be taken as a comedy?

posted 17 years ago by LuckyGraveyardBoots
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Because viewed as a comedy, it's total crap. But I didn't laugh so much except in the scenes with Az.

It sort of left me with a weird feeling afterwards, and I think maybe it's not supposed to be funny, it's more supposed to be a pseudo-philosophical/symbolic film. I agree it was disjointed, but it's more like somebody trying to imitate Samuel Beckett or something like that. If I had to impose a symbolic meaning onto it it would probably be about subjective reality and modern society as opposed to primordial roots. When Jason Lee starts putting dirt all over himself I got weirdly reminded of Willard in Apocalypse Now.

So...what do you think? Does it mean anything?

"I'm waiting for the sun to shine."

[–] elscorcho86 17 years ago

i didn't get any comedy vibes from it. they were going for a dramatic environment, but i feel like the plot was too absurd and very vague for it to be taken seriously.

[–] Studman_Productions 16 years ago

cool. i'll still check this out though.