A film that could have worked on its gloriously absurd premise alone, but reaches too far in its efforts to make a commentary on filmmaking. Full review by Chris Pandolfi.
ATemporaryDistraction.com: "As the film begins with a car slowly driving down a desert path, knocking over a collection of ornate chairs carefully arranged along the road as it goes, before pulling to a stop as one of the characters nonchalantly climbs out of the trunk to address the audience with a list of beloved, respected movies containing plot elements that exist for no reason, it becomes clear that Rubber isn’t your ordinary movie. And that’s before you remind yourself that it’s a movie about a killer tyre."
David Weaver from Home And Theater writes: This is it, our final episode of the Home & Theater podcast has arrived. Starting next week we are transferring over to our new home at The LRA Show, which is the official podcast for LightsRemoteAction.com. But I think we are going out on a high note with the two films we have for you this week. Once again we are joined by Brian Salazar from The SEC and we start with a look at the new Simon Pegg/Nick Frost comedy "Paul" where we liked it overall but don't think it lived up to the pedigree of their past films. Then we move into a discussion for Quentin Dupieux's "Rubber", a film about a killer tire that goes on a murderous rampage through a small desert town. I think this is probably the most divisive film we have ever talked about with feelings ranging from best film of the year to complete slack jawed boredom and disbelief. One thing is for sure though, none of us have ever seen anything quite like it. Featured music this week is from the "Rubber" motion picture soundtrack.
David Weaver from Home And Theater writes: I have come to the conclusion that no matter what I write here I don't think I will ever be able to truly get across what a sensational and original piece of work Quentin Dupieux has created with Rubber. When i initially saw the press releases for its exsistence I thought it was some sort of joke movie. Maybe something some self-proclaimed clever person put together in hopes of getting attention from such an apparent idiotic idea. Then I saw the trailer in which we see a tire roll around the desert killing things with some sort of telekinetic powers. At first I was still skeptical of whether or not it was real, maybe it was a short film from a film school student. Then after a few more viewings I began to take notice of the actual presentation at hand. It was filmed compentently (for a trailer anyway) and seemed to have a sense of humor about itself. Little did I know what was actually awaiting me when I sat down and pressed that play button.
Damn you. Now I'm going to have to really watch this. Especially since you were originally in the same boat that I'm in: thinking this looks like the most garbage premise of a movie to the extent that you just know it has to be a joke or something. Now you're giving it all kinds of praise after watching it though. And everybody else has been doing the same.
With it being on VOD I see very little reason for me to not see this movie now.
