Product Description Rubber is the story of Robert, an inanimate tire that has been abandoned in the desert and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams the bleak landscape, he discovers that he possesses terrifying telepathic powers that give him the ability to destroy anything he wishes. At first content to prey on small desert creatures, his attention soon turns to humans, especially a beautiful and mysterious woman who crosses his path. Leaving a swath of destruction, Robert becomes a chaotic force to be reckoned with, and truly a movie villain for the ages. Directed by legendary electro musician Quentin Dupieux, Rubber is smart, funny and wholly original. .com The titular star of this delightfully perverse and ecstatically witty exercise in comic invention is old and worn out, but not so much that it can't rouse itself from a castoff slumber to roll across the desert and wreak havoc on the inanimate objects, animals, and human beings that cross its path. That includes the audience, both the one viewing at home and the Greek chorus-like group that's gathered on the film's horizon to watch the story unfold through binoculars. There's no explanation why this haphazard band of observers has been chosen to follow the beat-up rubber tire's path of destruction as it anthropomorphizes into a living, breathing, shuddering entity of malice. They engage in an ongoing commentary and string of non sequiturs while the tire goes about exacting telekinetic revenge on the humans who may or may not have done it wrong (until they meet their own untimely end, that is). Writer-director Quentin Dupieux also neglects to explain why some of the actual characters maintain such a coolly self-reflexive spin on the proceedings, especially the small-town sheriff who opens the movie by addressing the camera directly. His deadpan soliloquy is a series of philosophical remarks about the seemingly random reasons why things happened in other movies, ranging from Love Story to E.T. to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. And so it goes, as seen mostly from a ground-level, tire's-eye view in wacky sequences that slip back and forth between slasher-flick gore and existential conundrums. There's no denying the conceptual genius in this saga of an ordinary tire traveling through the dust of a Mojave Desert backwater killing randomly in anticipation of a greater glory to come. Is it a movie within a movie? Is it one of the most entertaining indie-comedy-horror-micro-budget experiences ever? Is it a movie at all? Dupieux offers no help with these questions, only a connected succession of brilliantly bizarre visuals that seem to suggest that the harder you think about it all the more likely it is your head will explode--a fate only too familiar to the beings that have close encounters with the weathered radial. The only sure thing is that Rubber teems with inspiration and free-associative magnificence in its quest for a truth that will probably never reveal itself to a non-rubberized consciousness. --Ted Fry
K**K
No Reason.
If you've watched the trailer to this film, you probably already know it is about a tire named Robert (by who, I don't know) who somehow just comes to life, and then proceeds to kill people and animals. If that's all you know about this movie, prepared to be surprised. While the idea seems stupid, I am for some reason fascinated with the idea of a tire just randomly coming to life, and rolling around, being a living tire. It's the same reason I loved Sharktopus, because I love the idea of a Shark/Octopus hybrid created by the Navy. Though this movie is not really in the same vein as Sharktopus, which I wasn't really expecting to begin with, but it surprised me how this movie turned out. I'm still not enTIREly (Sigh) sure if the movie took itself seriously, or if it made fun of itself. I could go on for hours debating with myself with examples (i.e. The audience arguing with each other like they were at a movie theatre, or the young boy talking to Robert himself, trying to reason with it), but I don't think I should. Also, I am not sure if I feel that this movie is so-bad-that-it's-good (Sharktopus, Any Troma movie) or if it is an underrated piece of art (A Clockwork Orange, The Warriors). But what I know for sure it that I LOVE this movie to death; the opening scene where the audience was getting an explanation on "No reason", felt like a monologue from Shakespeare or a Greek playwright. There was something incredibly artsy about the scene where Robert coming to life and exploring the desert. The directors gave Robert a personality, a soul. I mean, I'm calling it Robert like I'd call the main character from A Clockwork Orange Alex, simply because I truly believe and invest in the character that the movie gave me. In my opinion, Robert is more of a character who wound up in a messed up situation (Once again, like Alex from Orange [Sorry for that example again, I REALLY like Orange]), than a slasher villain (Like Freddy from Nightmare on Elm Street). Again, the transition from Robert frolicking around the desert and later the town, to the audience's response to the events of the movie was very well done and was well done. There are a lot of metaphors and hidden meanings, which other reviewers have done better than me. Just give this movie a try it needs more attention. Love it or hate it, it is an interesting piece of movie history that is better than most people give it credit for. Now only if I can get my Rubber/Sharktopus crossover.
J**S
Well…
It’s a movie about a killer tire. Can’t beat that.
R**.
Great art movie
Love this movie kept me watching the whole time
P**N
pick your own interpretation
Is this an incredibly artsy fartsy film about man's inhumanity to the tools he uses to master his world? Is Robert somehow an icon, a symbol for all the downtrodden and disengaged people of the world? Could Robert been healed by a visit to Doctor Phil?Or is this just a cheesy movie, like "Robogator Versus Bunzilla the Brave"? Something gory and dumb, something not bothering with because, after all, who wants to go into work the next day and discuss the virtues of "Rubber" when you can discuss what the person from "So You Think You Can Trance" was doing st the peace negotiations?Or is it just a fun movie? I'm going with the "fun movie" aspect. Stephen Spinella(Lt. Chad) sets the scene with the introduction. He discusses movies and how the truly great movies have something unexplainable about them. This is the point whether you decide whether you want to continue watching or not. If you're intrigued by the monologue, finish the movie. If you feel somehow upset or offended by the monologue, stop watching right at that spot.After all, the premise is totally crazy - a tire (Robert) wakes up (maybe?) in a dump and decides it's time to change his life. So he starts rolling...and rolling...and rolling and along the way, Robert uses his mind power to make various animals and people's heads explode. Now you either buy this premise of not but since you made it through the monologue, strap yourself in because it will be a bizarre ride.Robert destroys but he also loves. Robert lives but he also dies. This review is going in circles but you're still reading it and I am still writing it. Why? "No reason".If you want to see blood and guts and gore, this is not the movie for you. If your taste in movies run towards slasher horror flicks, this is not for you.But if you want a fun, twisted ride, this is the movie for you. It has quickly made itself in my top 10 favorite movies._Enjoy_ because that's what it's about.
M**E
Stripping down robbert
Quentin Dupieux's movie is supposedly about a tire that comes to life and kills using its mind. While this would appear to be the main plot, it ignores the fact that there are 3 stories happening at once.the first being the the tire bit. The other 2 parts revolve around the stories of the audience and the actors. this not literal as these 2 groups are actually movie characters but there is the idea that there is a film taking place and there is an audience to see the film. they are aware and the actors are aware of the events being a film but the other characters are not. for them this is real life.The idea of no reason is the idea of this movie and it is adressed in many ways. A lot of reviews for this movie complain about the pacing and nonsensical story as well as the stupidity/gimmick of a movie about a tire. The point that is largely missed is that it is a critique and satire of the movie experience and goes back and forth as to the reality for the characters. while the movies plot was made for no reason the audience's interpretations are what makes the film have value. It asks the audience to analyze what it is doing and rather than focusing on a silly plot, it shows another side to the movies that the typical viewer doesn't think about.Rubber is a nice mesh of surreal and absurd abstractions of ideas. Its not for everybody and isn't a movie you want to watch if you just want to veg out. If you go into this movie thinking it is just a typical B-movie with some lols and over the top action about a tire that comes to life and kills everything..... your going to be disappointed. Go into this movie in the right mind set and it actually is pretty good.
J**E
Give it a shot
Unique and fun.
あ**ぁ
頭真っ白
すごい！フランス語だったけど映画自体訳分からなかったから日本語に翻訳しても訳がわからなかった！
C**M
Very entertaining
Pleasantly surprised at the quality of this film
V**O
Todo correcto, pero...
OJO: este DVD es de ZONA 1 (lo habitual en España es DVD zona 2).La película es fantástica, algo extraordinario.Una película que el protagonista es un neumático... y con poderes paranormales, es el no va más.En Inglés con subtítulos en españolOJO: este DVD es de ZONA 1 (lo habitual en España es DVD zona 2).Está avisado por el vendedor.Esto implica que puede que vuestro reproductor no lo reproduzca.
I**.
only english with EN subs
EDICIÓN en VO con subs en inglés, se entiende fácil 💪🏻 región 2
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