Most Unusual Film: Holy Motors
Holy Motors is a French film that follows a day in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a gentleman who bounces from being a beggar to a motion capture actor to family man. He changes appearance dramatically in between stops in a limousine. Holy Motors is a very strange yet captivating film, one that needs multiple viewings in order to understand all that happens. There's some graphic violence and nudity in the film, as well as an incredible musical interlude in the middle.
Most Disturbing Film: Compliance
Compliance was shown at the Milwaukee Film Festival, and during the film's introduction, the audience was told that there were numerous walkouts during showings at other festival screenings. Several audience members did the same in Milwaukee during Compliance, a film in which a prank caller gets a fast-food manager on the line to investigate an alleged theft by one of the restaurant employees. The caller intimidates the manager into interrogating and searching the employee, and the manner in which the employee is treated during the investigation by a manager who doesn't ask any questions about the caller is stomach-turning, as is the frequency that these incidents happen. Not recommended for the faint of heart, and there is nudity in the film.
Holy Motors is a French film that follows a day in the life of Monsieur Oscar, a gentleman who bounces from being a beggar to a motion capture actor to family man. He changes appearance dramatically in between stops in a limousine. Holy Motors is a very strange yet captivating film, one that needs multiple viewings in order to understand all that happens. There's some graphic violence and nudity in the film, as well as an incredible musical interlude in the middle.
Most Disturbing Film: Compliance
Compliance was shown at the Milwaukee Film Festival, and during the film's introduction, the audience was told that there were numerous walkouts during showings at other festival screenings. Several audience members did the same in Milwaukee during Compliance, a film in which a prank caller gets a fast-food manager on the line to investigate an alleged theft by one of the restaurant employees. The caller intimidates the manager into interrogating and searching the employee, and the manner in which the employee is treated during the investigation by a manager who doesn't ask any questions about the caller is stomach-turning, as is the frequency that these incidents happen. Not recommended for the faint of heart, and there is nudity in the film.
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