Review of Absurdistan (2008) by Klei R — 09 Jul 2009

I watched this up in the air while travelling from Sydney to Singapore, on my way to Istanbul [and Georgia where some of this was filmed]. I wished for more movies like this to pass the time.

Entertaining, oh so entertaining, and a nice allegory about people, history and life and love. Superb cinematography, an amazing score, and great characters and acting. The silences and lack of a great amount of speech were appealing too: it seemed to sit well with this village and its way of life. Temelko's contraptions were a highlight [if not one of them giving a 'Yikes!' moment] too.

All in all rather good fun and touching at the same time.