Schizopolis

It takes a little bit of watching to finally understand just what kind of film Steven Soderbergh's, Schizopolis is, and to try and explain it would be folly. The best I can do is to point to its cinematic ancestory, the classic, though underseen Kentucky Fried Movie directed by John Landis and scripted by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker of Airplaine! fame. Soderbergh's film is a comedy to be sure, and one of the most unusually funny films I've seen in a long time. Made for about a quarter of a million dollars, it feels like little more than an unusually creative student film -- which I point out as both a compliment and a fault. It's probably not everyone's kind of humor, but I imagine those who appreciate it will undoubtedly rank it among their favorite of all films.