OK. I'm not familiar with any of this Jan bloke's work, but it just so happened that his surrealist face popped up on Channel 4 and three of his films popped up. I thought they sounded interesting, and when I looked on IMDb people seemed to be raving about his films! Unfortunately (or fortunately!) I missed the first two, so I only had Conspirators of Pleasure to be given a go. A surrealist film with no dialogue? That's got to be interesting, and with a 7.5 rating on IMDb. I thought I was in for something of a memorable night. I was. But not in a good way.
I was intrigued to see how the film would turn out and it did not turn out well! I'd like those 90 minutes of my life back please! To call it the weirdest film I've ever seen would be an understatement, and I've seen Taxidermia for Christ's sake! The first half of Conspirators basically follows 5 people (with a news reader on the side) constructing things. I don't know what (and I'm still not too sure) but they're all obviously disturbed people. E.g. A woman gets a piece of bread and makes little bread balls and takes them home. I'll give you a million pounds if you could guess what she does with them! Conspirators has been billed as a comedy but I didn't laugh once. I may have chuckled the first time the man with the tash picked up a dust bin lid and that dramatic opera music played, but then it just became repetitive. The second half is when things take a disturbing turn. I don't want to spoil it, but there are some images that will never leave my head and I'd actually quite like them to go! It's just weird. It's worse than weird, it's indescribable and very unsettling. The chicken man was just disturbing with its terrifying use of animation and surrealism. I hated that frightening claymation of the man which the fat woman whipped. I don't know if these are suppose to be the funny parts, but that's the last thing I wanted to do.
Maybe Conspirators would've worked better if it had a plot, but it didn't. It had a point (apparently) and that was to show human perversion and people's fetishes. However, I prefer my points to be served as a side order with a big portion of plot. Conspirators just wants to show startling imagery. And despite all of this incredibly weird imagery, the film still remains very dull and kind of boring. I was very happy when it was over, and felt very disturbed. Jan needs his head sorting out if he can come up with this sort of stuff. He should be in a special hospital for the artistically insane. And what's more disturbing is that people are raving about this! It unsettles me to think that people would watch this stuff again and again like I would Kill Bill.
Conspirators is just plain weird and not at all fun to watch. At least Taxidermia had a bit of plot and fun in it! Although, Conpirators did show a hint of plot at the end but it still didn't make any sense at all. If you're after a well-written masterpiece with deep characterisation and strong plot then go for Black Swan. On the other hand, if you're seeking a seriously what the f*** did I just watch film, with disturbing imagery, no plot and dull directing. Conspirators of Pleasure is exactly what the doctor ordered.
I was intrigued to see how the film would turn out and it did not turn out well! I'd like those 90 minutes of my life back please! To call it the weirdest film I've ever seen would be an understatement, and I've seen Taxidermia for Christ's sake! The first half of Conspirators basically follows 5 people (with a news reader on the side) constructing things. I don't know what (and I'm still not too sure) but they're all obviously disturbed people. E.g. A woman gets a piece of bread and makes little bread balls and takes them home. I'll give you a million pounds if you could guess what she does with them! Conspirators has been billed as a comedy but I didn't laugh once. I may have chuckled the first time the man with the tash picked up a dust bin lid and that dramatic opera music played, but then it just became repetitive. The second half is when things take a disturbing turn. I don't want to spoil it, but there are some images that will never leave my head and I'd actually quite like them to go! It's just weird. It's worse than weird, it's indescribable and very unsettling. The chicken man was just disturbing with its terrifying use of animation and surrealism. I hated that frightening claymation of the man which the fat woman whipped. I don't know if these are suppose to be the funny parts, but that's the last thing I wanted to do.
Maybe Conspirators would've worked better if it had a plot, but it didn't. It had a point (apparently) and that was to show human perversion and people's fetishes. However, I prefer my points to be served as a side order with a big portion of plot. Conspirators just wants to show startling imagery. And despite all of this incredibly weird imagery, the film still remains very dull and kind of boring. I was very happy when it was over, and felt very disturbed. Jan needs his head sorting out if he can come up with this sort of stuff. He should be in a special hospital for the artistically insane. And what's more disturbing is that people are raving about this! It unsettles me to think that people would watch this stuff again and again like I would Kill Bill.
Conspirators is just plain weird and not at all fun to watch. At least Taxidermia had a bit of plot and fun in it! Although, Conpirators did show a hint of plot at the end but it still didn't make any sense at all. If you're after a well-written masterpiece with deep characterisation and strong plot then go for Black Swan. On the other hand, if you're seeking a seriously what the f*** did I just watch film, with disturbing imagery, no plot and dull directing. Conspirators of Pleasure is exactly what the doctor ordered.