Pretentious bollocksPossibly the worst event I ever went to was an evening of turntablists in London. The lights went down, the first guy put a cymbal onto a turntable, dropped the needle on it and left it making screeching noises for ten minutes.
When the lights came up, half the audience had snuck out.
What's the most pretentious rubbish you've ever been to see in the name of art?
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chthonic, Wed 28 Sep 2005, 14:19)
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Russian ArkA friend of mine who is into all things Russian, invited me round to watch this film 'Russian Ark'. In case you hadn't guessed, it's a Russian film.
Ok I thought, I'm open minded, I like foreign movies, let's give this a shot...
...I was not prepared for the hour and a half of pretentious tedium that followed. The whole film is shot in one take, which is pretentious for a start. From beginning to end, the entire thing consists of some scruffy old geezer walking around a museum and THAT'S IT. Oh, occasionally he discusses the exhibits with other patrons, and he gets thrown out of quite a few rooms - that's about as exciting as it gets. There is no plot, no character development, no beginning, no middle, no end, no ANYTHING. Pure twoddle.
It the worst movie I have ever seen, with the possible exception of Baise Moi.
I kicked my friend in the nuts for making me watch it.
EDIT: Skittlemcfluff - I got the time travel aspect, but the order was so random that I didn't feel any sense of progression. Meh...
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