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Crispin Glover helms this darkly comic tale about a lonely man, which is shot in a non-narrative style that encompasses plenty of bizarre imagery and a cast mostly made up of people with Down's Syndrome. What Is It? Reviews: "What is it? Neoclassicism! A very pure resurrection of the Sixties-style underground film, an emblematic specimen of those flaming cine-creatures..."-- Nathan Lee, Film Comment What Is It? | Orig Year | 2006 | | CD Universe Part number | 7338718 | | Release Date | New What Is It? TR release date | | Rating | Not Rated | | Movie Details | Color |
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