Schizopolis

From the prologue I instantly thought I understood the tone that Steven Soderbergh- writer, director, cinematographer, possible pornographer, and double-actor on Schizopolis- was going for: pure absurdism, not just with how the prologue is worded (as the most important film experience... Full review

This was one of the worst movies of all time. Can someone please explain to me why they even made this movie. PLEASE!!! i NEVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER MOVIE LIKE THIS AGAIN.... Full review

The first time I saw this film I was entertained and mildly confused by what I had just witnessed, it primarily represents a satiric look at modern life Pre Office Space, but saying just that does not do the picture... Full review

The reason is it is absolutely brilliant. In need of artistic renewal, Steven Soderbergh threw everything he could think of into this self-financed feature and the results are scattershot, inscrutable, unfathomable and -- above all else -- hilarious. Veering from... Full review

I watched this movie for the first time a couple of months ago. I had to watch it twice because I didn't get the way everything fit together in the plot the first time. My impression at first was that... Full review

Soderbergh apparently worked on this movie with a video camera and several friends. The movie was an effort on Soderbergh's part to return to the most basic elements of film making, without the big budget, big lights, and big names.... Full review

Stream-of-consciousness conception, sharp writing and creative technique. There's plenty here to amuse any smart audience, but the parts add up to an (intentionally) oblique whole. The film is so playful and irrespective of convention, it's as if Soderbergh threw up... Full review

When I first saw this movie it was on VHS. I am sure it had a bleak existence as a theatrical release because of its WAY-"offbeatedness." But what a refreshing, amazing, quirky, raw, intelligent, and inspiring film it was. Yes,... Full review

Steven Soderbergh's 'Schizopolis' is a masterpiece. It's a satire on the formulas and cycles of ordinary people's every day lives. It very brilliantly satirizes relationships, marriage, sex, stress, work, the media, and communication, and many more elements of life. Soderbergh's... Full review

If big star Hollywood movies are your favorites, this might not be for you. You should give it a chance, though. It's very fun.Schizopolis is an incredible treatise on communication and perception in a cinematic form. Supposedly, Soderberg made this... Full review

"The blurb on Schizopolis video cover attributes the following quote to writer/ director/ star, Steven Soderbergh: " all attempts at synopsising the film have ended in failure and hospitalisation. Instead, Soderbergh has uncompromisingly delivered an ambitious, audacious and abstruse abstraction (if youll excuse the alliteration). ... Full Review

Still, "Schizopolis" is more entertaining than one would think.....Soderbergh is having fun with his.... ... Full Review

The film gets better when Munson discovers a carbon copy of himself, a dentist, who in turn is having an affair with his--Munson's--wife (Betsy Brantley). In his own playing and that of the lovely, poised Brantley, Soderbergh succeeds quite well in this. ... Full Review

The movie was poorly marketed, though, and slipped between the cracks. Soderbergh made the film with wit, trickiness, flair -- everything but the conviction that he had any belief left in what he was doing. ... Full Review

Im sure Soderbergh meant to do something with the tale, though whether or not he succeeds is a totally different matter. Still, Soderbergh deserves credit for the way the movie progresses, as it really does tie together by the end sort of. ... Full Review

Q: What inspires you creatively? Arin: I am inspired by music more than anything else. Ive devoted every waking moment to playing music from age 15, trying to learn every Nirvana song. We both like the movie Schizopolis , because ... Full Article

Soderbergh? Doesn't he do all that big Hollywood stuff? Well, yes. And although it's *good* Hollywood stuff, it's still Hollywood. But dig back a bit and there's another, much less well known, low-budget (as Soderbergh says himself at the beginning... ... Full Article

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