Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)

June 25, 2020 3:40 PM

Four expert thieves attempt to steal every famous artwork that is haunting their mutual psychotherapist. A detective attempts to find out who the "Collector" is.

Slovenia-born Serbian artist Milorad Krstić's first feature film has been... a long time in the making. To enjoy it most, I would suggest seeing as little of it as possible, before experiencing this very singular animated thriller. (Two good articles on it here and here.)

posted by progosk (1 comment total)

I just saw it!

My review:

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2 BY WILD HUNGARIAN PAINTER MILORAD KRSTIĆ:

🍿 MY BABY LEFT ME (1995) is a psychedelic, erotic vision of having sex in all the most explicit ways, but drawn in a cubist, surrealistic style. 1940's Picasso would have loved it! A must see for anybody who loves abstract pornography.

🍿 "My nightmares are getting stronger and stronger..."

How come I've never heard of his first eccentric feature film RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR from 2018?? Not too crazy about animation, especially when mixed with crime-Noir trops like kung-fu fighting, car chase, action killings Etc. But this original pop-art story of kleptomaniac, circus-trained acrobat art thief Mimi is rich with so many throwaway references and avant-garde Easter eggs, that I was compelled to watch the Art History Course twice back-to-back.

The beauty starts around 0:12, and doesn't stop until the end. The end credit mentions some of the hundreds of its inspirations: CIA subliminals, Warhol's Double Elvis, Hitchcock ice-cube cameo, Joan Miró soup, Peckinpah’s 'Convoy', 'Oops, I Did It Again', Soviet propaganda, the black cat from Manet's Olympia...

This will surely become my January's most memorable viewing: Highly recommended - 9/10 and 10/10.

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posted by growabrain at 8:18 AM on January 16