Directed by:
Peter StricklandScreenplay:
Peter StricklandCinematography:
Tim SidellCast:
Fatma Mohamed, Asa Butterfield, Ariane Labed, Makis Papadimitriou, Gwendoline Christie, Leo Bill, Richard BremmerPlots(1)
A dysfunctional sonic collective – a band devoted to the sounds of the culinary arts – navigates rivalries internal and external in this absurdly original feast for the sense from the singular Peter Strickland (In Fabric, Duke of Burgundy). (IFC Midnight)
Reviews (2)
If Strickland had applied all of the feminine sensuality, feel for production design and mystical poetics to subject matter that is more accessible to viewers, we would have revelled in a cinema connosieur’s idea of heaven. But no, he enjoys messing around with obscure ideas torn from reality and evoking a dreamlike phantasmagoria in which it is impossible to find a connection with real fantasies and desires. And he needs to lubricate the lead actress in the theatrical act with shit from the gassy documentarian’s bowels. Why?? In Flux Gourment, you will find, if you want, parallels with Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, which was released the same year. Alternative forms of artistic acts. But Cronenberg's opus, though also very much outside of the mainstream, is a more complexly thoughtful reflection on the existing themes. [KVIFF]
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This is Spinal Tap meets 70s Italian oddity with a dash of the Greek weird wave. Peter Strickland once again throws absurdity upon absurdity in an audiovisually interesting and subjectively funny film, which I would be reluctant to recommend to anyone with a clear conscience, because you have to be in a really special mood for this unique work. [KVIFF 2022]
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