georges sets out to feed this growing obsession. there are echoes of the gruesome belgian black comedy man bites dog in georges s increasingly insane film making and ventures, along with shades of the killer dress riffs from tobe hooper s i m dangerous tonight, or more recently, peter strickland s in fabric. but the tone of dupieux s film is altogether more goofy, even as killer style turns to killer instinct and mockumentary slips into snuff movie territory. indeed, what s remarkable isjust how upbeat things remain, leaving us laughing at, or perhaps even with georges, as he enters the mouth of madness. it s a credit to haenel that she manages to play her role with such a straight bat, providing the perfect foil for dujardin s madness. as long as she s invested in his twisted endeavours, then we have a reason to keep watching a point of entry into this increasingly absurdist but weirdly entertaining oddity. deerskin is in cinemas now.
from northern ireland to france for the bizarre horror comedy hybrid deerskin, a very strange but delightfully unhinged offering from film maker, musician and dj quentin dupieux, aka mr oizo. jean dujardin, who won an oscarfor the artist, plays georges, who blows all his cash on a killer style deerskin jacket before heading off into the mountains, armed only with a digital camera. checking into a remote hotel, georges tries to pass himself off as a film maker, impressing local bartender denise, played by portrait of a lady on fire star adele haenel. denise has dreams of editing films, and she soon finds herself cutting together georges s incoherent home movies. she sees something in them, but she wants more. and so, driven by the voice of his jacket, which tells him it longs to be the only jacket in the world,
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