Sasquatch Sunset review: A top 5 movie about Bigfoots

The gross-out humor peaked in 2010 Jackass 3D, as the boys tossed a ripened port-a-potty 100 feet in the air and a bungee cord jump sprayed feces all over Steve-O – in glorious 3D visuals, no less! That was it. There was nowhere else to go. At least that’s what I believed.

Sasquatch sunset turned the comedic story on its head.

The new comedy from filmmaker brothers David and Nathan Zellner stars Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough, although you wouldn’t know it if you hadn’t seen their names on the poster; They both wear cryptic costumes that hide everything but their eyes. It’s really them, movie stars, roaming the forest in big, hairy prosthetics. Like monkeys 2001: A Space Odyssey, the film’s small pack of four sasquatches are on the verge of a new phase of evolution as they explore the possibilities of the world and their own bodies. This leads to them defecating uninhibitedly, making wild love outdoors, and occasionally stroking their penises. No bodily function goes unused Sasquatch sunsetwhich happens to be a meditative connection with the magnificent forests of North America.

Sasquatch sunset is extreme even for the Zellners, who are experts at subverting expectations and turning movie tropes on their head. Kumiko, the treasure hunterIn her biggest break, Rinko Kikuchi plays an office drone from Tokyo who has flown to Minnesota, ostensibly in search of the wallet that the Coen brothers’ neo-noir characters buried in the snow Fargo. Transforming an urban legend into a fantastical docudrama, the film achieved indie cult status by combining quirk and tragedy into a genre-defying odyssey. Your successor, 2018 maidLet Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska and a little horse take on the Western genre. Although less successful as commentary, the romp was pure Zellner – wildly funny, experimental and eye-catching. Sasquatch sunset continues the arc as the brothers expand their humor and find a way to be even less approachable.

There is no dialogue Sasquatch sunset, and small plot. More National Geographic documentary than Harry and the HendersonsThe film follows the four Bigfoots over the course of a year as their senses blossom and their urges take hold. Eisenberg and Keough’s Sasquatches already have a son (Christophe Zajac-Denek von Twin Peaks: The Return), but the alpha male of the pack (Nathan Zellner) is horny. Through grunts and howls, the humanoids negotiate their social norms and pave the way for Keough and Zellner’s sasquatches to graphically show as the Bloodhound Gang would put it“Do it like it’s on the Discovery Channel.” Keough’s Sasquatch becomes pregnant, Zellner’s has a sexual awakening, and Eisenberg is withdrawn by the end, brooding in silence as his companions pound away, staring into the trees as if wondering whether there are more of them out there.

Cinematographer Mike Gioulakis breathes life into the film Sasquatch sunsetIts quiet stillness with its sun-drenched landscapes – the Californian redwoods are also a real eye-catcher far away, man Spectacle like the infinity of the night sky. And as an investigation into the beginnings of man, which still shakes the existence of modern humanity, Sasquatch sunset occasionally has something profound to do with how we came to be the violent, vulgar, curious and loving beings we are all supposed to admit we are.

The difference between viewers lies in the aggressive punctuation of introspective moments with absolutely profane humor. I’ll never miss the fact that Eisenberg’s Sasquatch gets explosive diarrhea all over the street after eating the wrong berries. Or watch Keough dance around on her dangling breasts, squirting milk in all directions. Or a Sasquatch live birth. The practical implications in Sasquatch sunset are amazing.

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All of this has a meaning. Although Bigfoots live off the land, they know little about their surroundings. In the wild, everything is a “first” and the Zellners want us to feel it. How do you eat a fish if you’ve never seen one? The Sasquatches pop like water balloons a few times. How do you care for a baby without instructions? Beat it until it burps. What the hell is a mountain lion? At least initially a sex object. The Zellners are right when they imagine their Sasquatches’ quest for survival as utter chaos, work stoppages be damned.

reactions to Sasquatch sunsetPremiering at the Sundance Film Festival, it called it all of one Masterpiece to a complete misfire. I can’t imagine the Zellners would want it any other way; Their vision is clear and no concessions have been made to turn the backwoods journey into a quirky, Disney Plus-ready drama. No, that’s how it would be Really and the laughter (horror?) in him might even make Steve-O squint.

Is Sasquatch sunset a good movie? A bad? I will say I agree with that. I wanted to throw up three or four times before the credits rolled, but in an age where even indie films can feel like cheap four-quadrant flicks, it’s a relief that there’s something so aggressively sick and sweet .

Sasquatch sunset launches on April 12th in some major cities and will be released nationwide on April 19th.