10 Recent Movies That Made INSANE Choices
1. Basically The Entire Movie - The End
If you thought films like The Brutalist and Sinners were bold commercial moves, they've got nothing on The End - the narrative feature debut of documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence).
The plot revolves around a wealthy family who are living in a lavish underground bunker following a worldwide environmental calamity, but this is no mere ordinary post-apocalyptic movie - it also happens to be a musical.
More to the point, it's a musical comprised of songs inspired by the Golden Age of Hollywood - that is to say, there's a distinctly old-timey vibe to the tunes, which are seemingly intentionally designed to be anything but catchy.
On top of that, most of the singing was recorded live, a majorly risky notion given that the majority of the cast - led by Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, and Michael Shannon - aren't classically trained singers.
Oh, and it's 149 minutes long, just to put a cherry on top.
On one hand, it's fair to respect Oppenheimer's commitment to making precisely the movie he wanted to, but on the other, it's proven wildly polarising with critics and audiences alike, who've questioned just about every aspect of its conception and execution.