Rubber (2010) IMDB Link
Writer/Director Quentin Dupieux has managed to create one of the strangest films I have seen in a long time with Rubber, a film that has “no reason”. It’s a film that really has to been seen to be believed or understood but is also one that I would trouble recommending to anyone.
The plot is just ludicrous; an inanimate car tire comes alive just outside a small desert town. The tire discovers that it has telepathic powers and begins to kill and destroy anything and everything in its path except one particular woman that it seems to become obsessed over. Meanwhile there is a group of people observing the “film” from afar by using binoculars to watch the tire on its rampage.
Yes you did read that right; this is primarily a film about a killer tire. It’s so silly that you would think that Rubber could only be a B-Movie but it’s anything but. I would have to classify it has an art house film due to how strange the plot is. Take the killer tire part and you are still left with group of people observing from distance with binoculars thinking they are watching a film and a cop that is trying to play along in order to entertain the audience. Really it’s impossible to explain it’s that strange, so strange in fact that how anyone could consider it entertaining is beyond me. There are plenty of good things about Rubber though, it has great effects and plenty of gore as the tire blows up plenty of heads. The cinematography is great and the plot is entertaining at times. In the end though it’s just too strange and the pace can be very slow with long drawn out shots of the tire rolling through the desert.
Rubber is a film I would never recommend to anyone because it’s just too weird but if you’re ever in the mood for an art house film about a killer tire then give it a go. It’s without doubt the best killer tire film I have ever seen.
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