Twelve minutes of pure chaos that'll make you question what "movie" even means.
A short film adaption of an absurdist French play. Basically plotless, adapts three seemingly random scenes.
Direction
Harrison commits fully to the nonsense—no winking, all chaos.
Production
Micro-budget absurdism that punches way above its weight.
Director
John Harrison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ubu Roi famously caused riots at its 1896 Paris premiere when the first word spoken was 'Merdre'—a scatological pun on 'merde.'
Jarry invented Pataphysics, the 'science of imaginary solutions,' essentially trolling academia before trolling existed. This film is pure Pataphysical cinema.
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