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Mood:
- CleverHumorousOffbeatWittyMind BendingBiting
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Plot:
- EstrangementDishonestyUnfulfillmentWorkplaceFamily ProblemsTwinsCrumbling MarriageCouple Relations more...
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Genres:
- ComedyIndependentExperimental
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Time/Period:
- 90s
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Place:
- Office
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Praise:
- Original
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Humor:
- SatireIrreverent HumorSilly HumorDry Humor
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Style:
- NonlinearSurrealVoice Over
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Attitudes:
- Not SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Sexual Content
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Schizopolis, 1996
English, Japanese, Italian, French
USA
Profile of Schizopolis
Schizopolis can be described as mind bending, clever, and offbeat. The plot revolves around estrangement, a workplace, and themes of unfulfillment. Its comic aspect comes from satire and irreverent humor. Schizopolis's main genres are comedy and independent. In terms of style, it is nonlinear, is experimental, and is surreal. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Schizopolis is set, at least in part, in an office. It takes place in the 1990s. The movie has received attention for being original. Note that Schizopolis involves sexual content.
Summary of Schizopolis
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.
Details
| Language: | English, Japanese, Italian, French |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 April 1997 |
| Runtime: | 96 min |
Cast and Crew
as Mrs. Munson / Attractive Woman #2
as Fletcher Munson / Dr. Jeffrey Korchek
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Mick LaSalle
Variety
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- by: Todd McCarthy
Users Reviews
- 21.September.2010
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- by: Russell Martin
- Russell Martin rated this movie
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- 14.June.2009
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- by: j7m7f7
- j7m7f7 rated this movie
10/10Must See
