Rubber. It's kind of become a Netflix watch instantly classic and when my friend at work told me about it, I knew I had to see it.
Rubber is without doubt the strangest movie I've ever seen, and I've seen 1975's Tommy. It opens up at a street in the middle of the desert with a bunch of chairs set. A car drives around and goes out of its way to hit every single chair. It then stops and a cop comes out of the trunk of the car and breaks the fourth wall. He gives examples of things in classic movies that happen for "no reason." He explains that this movie is full of "no reason" and he's exactly right.
Nothing in this movie makes a lot of sense but it's still one of the most interesting and dare I say fascinating movies I've seen recently. It's shot very well, with some beautiful desert scenery and cinematography, and it has competant acting for an independent film. Essentially it's two things: a satire or parody of a B-monster movie, and a satire on film in general. And it's a pretty good satire.
This is honestly a movie that I can't fully describe; it must be witnessed to be fully appreciated. It's about a tire that telepathically blows people up or whatever, but it's also not really abou that. There's a group of people watching what you are watching through binoculars and the ridiculous premise must go on until all those people are dead.
Really I don't know what to say. I found it to be extremely clever and at times even mind-blowing. I could easily see how you might hate this movie because it is an arthouse film. But still, I'd consider it an absurdist masterpiece.
