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Rubber

2010 · 82 min

A deadpan, self-aware joke about movies that keeps you off-balance with its deliberate absurdity and sudden bursts of violence.

Tagline
Are you TIRED of the expected?
Overview
In the California desert, the adventures of a telepathic killer-tire, mysteriously attracted by a very pretty girl, as witnessed by incredulous onlookers.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • media
  • violence
  • isolation
  • madness
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour8
Realism2
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, mystery
Directed by
Quentin Dupieux
Written by
Quentin Dupieux
Starring
Thomas F. Duffy, David Bowe, Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Jack Plotnick, Wings Hauser, Ethan Cohn, Charley Koontz
Music
Quentin Dupieux, Gaspard Augé
Cinematography
Quentin Dupieux
Runtime
82 min
Country
France
Languages
English

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