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Directed by: Werner Herzog Starring: a lot of dwarfs Herzog can be gimmicky. This is the ultimate example of that. A pack of mental patients takes over the institution and beseiges the director. During the siege they play games, have a food fight, destroy just about everything they touch, terrorize chickens, murder a pig, crucify a monkey, set a car running in a perpetual circle, and somehow come across a camel. The score is all African tribal music. Oh, and did I mention that all of the actors are midgets? Yep, it's gimmicky as all get-out. I was certain I wouldn't like this movie, and yet I found myself entranced by the weirdness of it all. And even though it is odd to watch little people and hear their funny little voices, it would really be almost as strange if they were all regular actors. At times one evens forgets that they're midgets. There's only one scene that makes any issue at all of their size (when poor Hombre is trying to hop up onto the bed). There may be little point to it all (one could say it makes some observations about sanity, or freedom, but that'd be a stretch) but it's so entertainingly odd, and beautifully photographed, that it's a pleasure to watch. (if these comments look familiar, I recently posted the same thing in the 1970 Consensus thread) RATING: 5 PROS: strange and wonderful and funny CONS: probably pointless ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065436/
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