Marking a return to the low-budget territory that launched his career in 1989 (with SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE), Steven Soderbergh pulls together this freewheeling comedy that is stuffed with an onslaught of visual and verbal puns. Soderbergh plays dual roles as Fletcher Munson and Dr. Jeffrey Korchek. Munson is a nerdy .. Read more
| Starring | Steven Soderbergh, Betsy Brantley, David Jensen, Mike Malone |
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| Director | Steven Soderbergh |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Marking a return to the low-budget territory that launched his career in 1989 (with SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE), Steven Soderbergh pulls together this freewheeling comedy that is stuffed with an onslaught of visual and verbal puns. Soderbergh plays dual roles as Fletcher Munson and Dr. Jeffrey Korchek. Munson is a nerdy copywriter who finds himself under an extreme amount of pressure when his boss dies, leaving him to write the upcoming speech for T. Azimuth Schwitters, a revered spiritual leader. Korchek is a dentist who begins to have an affair with Munson's wife but finds himself in trouble when he falls for a new patient. Also thrown into the mix is Elmo Oxygen (David Jensen), an orange-jumpsuit-wearing exterminator who spends more time sleeping with his clients than doing actual work. By the time the moment comes for Schwitters to give his speech, the life of each character has been turned completely upside down. Soderbergh mocks, satirizes, and criticizes the late 20th century's hurried, soulless atmosphere, including religion, marriage, the media, the workplace, and male-female sexual relations. This fresh blend of lighthearted comedy and crackling dialogue makes SCHIZOPOLIS an exhilarating romp that recalls the early comedies of Richard Lester.
| Starring | Steven Soderbergh, Betsy Brantley, David Jensen, Mike Malone, Eddie Jemison, Silas Cooper, Katherine La Nasa, Liann Pattison |
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| Director | Steven Soderbergh |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1996 To Rent: DVD: not available |
Soderbergh's 1996 guerilla movie is perhaps the strangest film from the American indie scene to date. A surreal,... read more on Time Out
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Avoid this piece of pretentious guff.
I must admit that I did only watch the first 20 minutes, but that was more than enough time to realise that this was an exercise in complete and utter self ... read more »
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Random, with inspired moments
'What the....' is the heading of another review here, and does largely sum up the main reaction whilst watching the film.
It's heavily ... read more »
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Avoid
Tiresome, bleak, self-indulgent, pretty boring. Enough nifty ideas that it would have been a promising student film, but if you're considering renting it ... read more »
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what the...
I like alternative films; films that make you think; films that do something different; films that aren't mainstream; films made on a low-budget. But I did... read more »
Back in 1997, George Clooney was still a TV heartthrob first, a movie star second. He had just made a $100 million blockbuster - Batman & Robin - but he knew it sucked. He headlined a couple of competent A-list pictures, One Fine Day and The Peacemaker, but neither of them was better than average. 'I was being held to a higher yardstick, and I realised I better hold myself to a higher standard,' he said, looking back. ound this time, the director Steven Soderbergh was in a deep funk. His debut Read more
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