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If The Director Of Rubber Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Right: 50 Seconds Of WTF?! Perfection

By Rob Payne | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (9)

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When I first saw the trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber, I thought it looked fun for about 5 minutes before the premise wore out its welcome. And then it got pretty good reviews, but I still couldn’t imagine there being enough herbs, pills, or booze to make a feature length film about a damn tire named Robert (no relation) actually worth watching. I’ve since changed my mind about wanting to see it, and thankfully it’s on Netflix Instant, so all my weekend plans are now canceled.

Strangely (I guess when we live in a world where movies are made about sentient tires we can still find things “strange”) enough, nothing about Rubber itself has made me change my mind. Instead, I’ve rotated 180 degrees due to the short teaser for Dupieux’s (who, in the middle of the header photo, looks like one of his own characters) new movie, Wrong, which seems to evoke both The Big Lebowski and Brick, with a little Falling Down by way of The Darjeeling Limited era Wes Anderson. If that doesn’t sound interesting, check the teaser out for yourself:

I recommend watching it again if the first viewing didn’t do anything for you. Wrong stars Jack Plotnick, who’s been everything but I know him best as the mayor’s assistant from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and “Eastbound and Down’s” Steve Little as the most realistic looking private eye I’ve ever seen, with the inimitable William Fichtner as a character named Mr. Chang. The movie will premiere at Sundance 2012, so whoever gets to review that is going to be one lucky sum’bitch.

(via /Film)

Rob Payne also writes the indie comic The Unstoppable Force, tweets on the Twitter @RobOfWar, and some of his wares can be purchased here. He’s pretty sure that Netflix describing Rubber as “quirky” is the understatement of the ever.









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Comments

I enjoyed Rubber, it kind of had the same oddball vibe that Wristcutters did and they both end up replaying occasionally in my mind at odd moments. This looks interesting.

Posted by: snapnhiss at December 2, 2011 11:22 AM

I've seen "Rubber" and I think you'll discover you were right the first time.

Posted by: , at December 2, 2011 11:29 AM

I saw Rubber. It was bad. I think if it played itself straight it would have been a lot better. You know, tire is trying to get revenge for whatever reason. Everyone treats it as a normal protagonist. Etc. That is what the trailer for it suggested anyways. The movie itself was just, "oh it's supposed to be bad". Tim and Eric fan mentality and all.


Snapnhiss: Pizzeria Kamikaze was a very charming read. Also a hell of a lot better name. That movie was just straight up fauxhipster shite. I'll take $9.99 over that and that is only for the opening scene.

Posted by: googergieger at December 2, 2011 12:20 PM

Jack Plotnick is also in one of my favorite cult movies evah - "Girls Will Be Girls". In it, he plays a washed-up actress trying to make a comeback (oh, did I mention the 3 leads were all drag queens?) An excellent cast - Jack, Varla Jean Merman, Coco Peru (who showed up on a recent episode of HIMYM) and even Eric Stonestreet (Cam from "Modern Family"). It's also available on Netflix Instant. Do yourself a favor and watch it!

Posted by: SugarKane at December 2, 2011 12:40 PM

Was that Fat Neil in the trailer?

Posted by: Bert at December 2, 2011 1:08 PM

I goddamn loved Rubber. It was meta as hell, but without being too annoying and smug. It's one of those films that you either love or hate passionately, no in-between. So I'm all over Wrong, even if I hadsn't seen the trailer.

Posted by: Rest In Peace at December 2, 2011 2:26 PM

I watched rubber too.
I didn't love it. I didn't hate it.
I got really bored because its a full length movie. About a tire. Who kills people. With its mind.

But Wrong looks awesome.

Posted by: effdale at December 2, 2011 9:48 PM

I loved the first 15 mins or so of Rubber.
"No reason."
But the rest was just grating as hell. I had a hard time finishing it.

Posted by: gee. ay. at December 3, 2011 4:29 PM

I enjoyed Rubber, it kind of had the same oddball vibe that Wristcutters did and they both end up replaying occasionally in my mind at odd moments. This looks interesting.

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Posted by: kengao at December 7, 2011 12:35 AM