Oh, this one's baaaad. I mean, really bad, so bad it's difficult to conceive of how pervasive its badness really is. At the same time, it's one of the most enjoyable cinematic experiences I've ever had.
To really enjoy this film, you should go to the theater expecting the 'avant-garde noir' movie you saw advertised. Then sit through 30 minutes of agonizing stop-motion shots of empty hotel rooms. Then see the masturbating skeleton appear on screen. Laugh uproariously for the next 40 minutes, disrupting the self-absorbed viewing experiences of the pretentious connoisseurs in the audience.
This piece of crap has no plot, of course; but what condemns it is not its "pure art" genre. Many nonlinear moving-picture artworks have been made that are truly beautiful. 'Decay of Fiction' is not one of them. The film features a cast of naked, obese men in devil masks, nude ballerinas in gas masks, and sexually frustrated corpses. It is unintentionally farcical, and horribly undignified.
Go see it. It's unique!
To really enjoy this film, you should go to the theater expecting the 'avant-garde noir' movie you saw advertised. Then sit through 30 minutes of agonizing stop-motion shots of empty hotel rooms. Then see the masturbating skeleton appear on screen. Laugh uproariously for the next 40 minutes, disrupting the self-absorbed viewing experiences of the pretentious connoisseurs in the audience.
This piece of crap has no plot, of course; but what condemns it is not its "pure art" genre. Many nonlinear moving-picture artworks have been made that are truly beautiful. 'Decay of Fiction' is not one of them. The film features a cast of naked, obese men in devil masks, nude ballerinas in gas masks, and sexually frustrated corpses. It is unintentionally farcical, and horribly undignified.
Go see it. It's unique!