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This Is Not a Movie (2011)
Fun, Awkward, Hilarious
I get exactly why this "movie" is probably not up most people's alley but it really is a fantastic piece of meta-cinema. It breaks just about every movie convention. I've never seen anything quite like this and I've seen a lot of movies. Warped and twisted, check out Charlie Kaufman's work or the equally bizarre and more recent tired meta serial killer flick Rubber. Thing is though, these meta movies have very little in common with with this gem.
I loved all the cutaways, music and monologues. I loved that he threatens the audience with a shotgun and says he hates us. I love that he wrote a part of himself as the writer of the script as a fictional character into the script. I love that he experiences death neurosis. The philosophical aspects of meeting a god who could kill himself and end your existence too are quite emotional. This explores how a fictional being becoming self aware of his plight of being constrained in a movie of "shoddy" craftsmanship, which the writer pointed out throughout the movie, by an incompetent, nilpotent "god" and the emotional devastation that it wreaks.
This is seriously a fantastic movie on so many levels and should be taken more seriously than it is. But its f***ing hilarious, too!
Philosophical, funny, absurd.