A sublimely surreal fantasy from Harmony Korine (writer of Kids, auteur of Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy) about a lonely Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) who is invited by a beautiful Marilyn Monroe (Samantha Morton) to a commune in the Scottish Highlands filled with celebrity impersonators. Together with the erstwhile Madonna, Sammy Davis Junior, Charlie Chaplin, James Dean, Shirley Temple, and Queen of England are building a stage on which they hope to perform their poignant dreams. Korine brings these mesmerizing misfits together in a bizarrely moving tale of redemption and heartache set against a lush visual backdrop. Did we mention that Werner Herzog and a plane of flying nuns also play a part? "One whacked out piece of cinema!" (Glenn Kenny, Premiere) Featuring a soundtrack with music by J. Spaceman and Sun City Girls. more at ifcfilms.com 35mm.
2008, color, 1 hour 52 minutes, USA