2010 · horror · comedy · absurdist
Rubber
Directed by Quentin Dupieux1h 22m2010
In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.
Our read: Rubber (2010) reads as a neutral, kinetic, surreal horror · comedy · absurdist entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured horror / comedy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- brisk
- surreal
- cold
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How Rubber feels to watch.
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“You want absurdist meta cinema that winks at how movies make no sense.”
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