Saw Sorry to Bother You, a deliciously absurd political comedy about a guy, Cash, who is trying to make it big in the world. The film involves unionizing and riots, code switching and selling out. It feels very of the moment for these tumultuous times. It's a comedy, so things are kept relatively light and zany, but the bones of the film are pretty serious.
On top of this, the film has a chunky, lo-fi special effects aesthetic. At one point Cash is doing well and transforming his life. His cheap cruddy furniture splits into pieces and flies away revealing classier lamps, a big-screen TV unfolding from the shell of his small one. In another scene, he's in an office building. You can see some guys in the background struggling with a broken copy machine. As the scene progresses, the copy machine gets more and more broken until it's just spewing papers into the air like a blizzard. None of this is acknowledged or foregrounded. Delightful!
I liked the film! It produced a ton of crazy imagery and was pretty funny throughout, without dipping into too much cruelty. My one gripe is that the ending feels a little false. The film is so grim in its humor that I felt sort of surprised that the film was as upbeat as it finally was. This is a minor thing though. I guess I wanted a sad ending to soothe my black heart!
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