For a film so pessimistic about mankind, Taxidermia erupts with some light-hearted technical inspiration: Cinematographer Gergely Poharnok's compositions are wickedly hilarious, while production designer Adrien Asztalos' concoctions are peculiarly gross.
Taxidermia
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Hungary, Austria, France · 2006
1h 31m
Director György Pálfi
Starring Molnár Piroska, Mária Bodor, Albert Oláh, Sándor Hamar
Genre Drama, Horror, Comedy
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A metaphorical re-telling of Hungary's history featuring three generations of strange and shocking men: a masochistic military orderly living through World War 2, an aspiring speed-eater living through the Cold War, and professional taxidermist in present times.
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Taxidermia sets a benchmark for body horror in the cinema.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A brilliant, often grotesquely bizarre allegory on life in Hungary from World War II to the present.
Frequently funny, for those who can stomach it.
Keeping it surreal has never been so nauseating and, at times, hilarious.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Belongs to a school of Central European surrealism that marries nightmarish horror with formal beauty.
Despite its stomach-turning images (and maybe because of), it is a daring, provocative work by a talented helmer who gets off pushing the envelope. He should be supported, no matter how outlandish he gets.
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