Taxidermia

Taxidermia

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Taxidermia

Csaba Czene, Gergely Trócsányi, Piroska Molnár, Adel Stanczel, Marc Bischoff

Three Stories. Three ages. Three men. Grandfather, father, son. One is an orderly, one is a leading sportsman, and one is a master taxidermist. One desires love, the other success, and the third immor...( read more  read more... )tality. Historical facts and surrealism become intertwined, not unlike the magical realist work of Gabriel García Marquez or the Hungarian writer Lajos Parti Nagy. As the 20th century draws to a close, we witness history as seen through the eyes of three generations of a Hungarian family.

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  • February 4, 2009
    Disgusting at times but also beautiful in the way it is presented. A great visual style, wonderful lighting and an imaginative series of events leads to a film unlike most others. One scene involves a pop-up book come to life. A whole film should be shot this way as that single m...( read more)oment was fantastic. Another great thing about this film is that you will see things you will never see anywhere else, such as a man shooting fire from his penis and a man having sex with a pig's carcass. This will be hard to stomach for some, and keeps it's comments on humanity buried beneth the surface. If you want to see some great vomiting sequences I suggest you watch Taxidermia. Foul, gross and weird, just like life. Well maybe a bit fouler, grosser and weirder than life.
  • July 27, 2008
    I'm really torn by this movie. I don't know whether to love it or hate it. It's probably one of the most disturbing and disgusting films ever made, it's offensive and pointless but it still feels like there is something to be offered.
  • January 26, 2008
    Bizarre visceral story of three ages of man which has some wonderful visual flourishes backed up with great sound. The middle story is laced with a dark humour but I'm not quite sure of the point of it all.
  • September 30, 2007
    Sick, disturbing and brilliant.
  • October 11, 2008
    Brilliant, really. I mean the cinematography was amazing, it's filthy and gritty look were almost beautiful. The story didn't hold back, and if it did, well a lot slipped through. This film makes no apologies, it's grotesque and it knows it and that's what it wants to be.
    Try to ...( read more)take your fucking eyes off of this once it starts.
  • October 27, 2009
    Simply put, one of the most beautiful and most engrossing experiences I've ever had with a film. My favorite film of 2006!
  • October 11, 2009
    Vile imagery with a confused and pointless storyline
  • October 5, 2009
    I never gave a movie, well...nothing, zero, but this one I think deserves that "prize", so what was this movie all about ? Who cares, I couldn't watch more than 15 minutes, maybe after that something interesting happend, but once again, who cares, not me. I'm sorry I was mislead ...( read more)by the trailer.
    a garbage even if is packed in golden foil is still trash...
  • October 5, 2009
    Three bizarre tales.
    1- Hungarian Lieutenant's intimidation on wankers.
    2- Triple vomiting during speed-eating competition.
    3- Profoundly disturbing taxidermist's such a complicated life.

    Taxidermia is one of the more disgusting movies I've ever seen.

    Hungarian Cinema ...( read more)should be in declane after Istvan SZABO and Miklos JANCSO.
  • September 28, 2009
    Disgusting, compelling, sick, interesting, voyeuristic, funny, sad, tragic, bleak, colourful....a really mixed bag of extremes that works well to produce a stark story of a family history of misfits. Well worth a look if you like a bizarre storyline and have a taste for the un...( read more)usual.

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