Schizopolis

The best thing about Schizopolis is that no matter how much I talk about it, no matter how many plot details I give a way, you will have no clue whatsoever as to what I am talking about or what the idea of the film is. As the director says in the first few frames, you have to see the movie several times, and it gets better by the second and third viewings. After watching it you will be confused, you'll have a faint understanding of what the movie is getting at but not exactly. The idea is simple. It is a hint at the insanity of modern man, at his confines within work, within marriage, within a lifestyle. The movie is a challenge to our assertions of normality and a question of our belief system. It is a collected outrage with our use of generic greetings, generic faces, generic attitudes and philosophies. It is supposed to be a comedy but once you start watching you'll only laugh at the tension relief moments. Most of it is just brutal sattire of everyday existance which has nothing to do with what we really want to get at. Watch it because it will make you think about everything and it will make you confused at first to the point where you'll want to reanalize your life. It will reach out to you and that's what great filmmaking is all about.