2007 · drama · punk · transgressive
Ex Drummer
Directed by Koen Mortier1h 41m2007
Three musicians form a band. But they're not just any musicians: each has a disability that makes them particularly unsuitable for their instrument. The guitarist is deaf, the singer is tone deaf, and the bassist has a stiff arm. They lack a drummer, and to respect the group's uniqueness, they turn to a famous writer who has never played the drums. He accepts, but begins a manipulation that will wreak further havoc on the already largely dysfunctional band.
Our read: Ex Drummer (2007) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive drama · punk · transgressive entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, breathless, extreme drama / punk, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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