draw restraint 9. dir represent matthew barney . how do you know when youre in the middle of a pretentious art film . be it that there be only 8 line of dialogue in 140 minute of film . be it when bjork be wear what look like a giant furry pita on her head in a pseudo asian ritual . maybe when mammoth turd and spinal column be use in a whale blubber experiment . or and when youre about ready to kill the composer for make a minimal and and still annoy and version of a philip glass score . in any case and draw restraint 9 be among the most pretentious of the modern art movie . at 135 minute and it add to it pretension by be bore to boot . i would call the use of color stunning and and the opening sequence interesting and but the rest of the movie look like it be film for a discovery channel documentary . that be until it look like they be try to film their version of p ss christ and but that will be come up later . actually and the documentary esquire portion be the best part of it . the surface plot be about a whaling ship and and then there be a ritual about make whale fat . then and there be the guest in the form of bjork and matthew barney who be welcome on the ship by be put through a ritual of humiliation which include pass out head shave ( think frat boy prank ) and nicotine patch and and giant furry pita hat . then there be mutual evisceration and cannibalism and and let not forget the giant turd . matthew barney have write that this be about the relationship between self impose resistance and creativity . that almost like say and if you do not get it and then youre not creative in your interpretation and so sod off because i be an artist . oh and wait and that the post modern interpretation of that sentence and what the movie would be about if it be post modern . but and it suppose to be modern art . which be about the art itself . so and let start this whole interpretation bit and shall we . the following line be only 3/4 serious and should not be take a any realistic attempt to interpret the movie . the first half hour concern pearl diver and the construction of a giant ramp . obviously and the ramp be symbolic of the need for self elevation to whatever standard you hold dear and and the pearl diver be look for pearl of wisdom . then and on a whaling ship and they build a crate that look like it be in the crude shape of a whale . obviously a crude element of foreshadow . on the ship and they make whale fat inside the shape of the whale and and take out the fin portion . they replace this with a spinal column and later a giant turd . these be suppose to be the state of the movie itself . when it fat and it entertaining but bad for you . when it be the spinal column and it the important part of the movie and or the backbone so to speak . then and the giant turd be the bowel of the movie and or when the movie be crap . bjork and matthew barney the arrive on separate ship and be put into strange humiliate outfit which arent even well make or symmetrical and one suspect that they run out of money and barney be try to quit smoking . so and they put patch on his head . they go through a ritual and learn about the ship from a japanese wise man and who tell them that the ship be scar from when another ship hit it while a crash or intersection and if you will . this inspire bjork and barney and who be different on the outside and to start cut each other legs off and eat them so they could turn into whale themselves and be the same person . they intersect . oh and do i forget to mention that this have be do in a robbie williams video . then and the pearl diver come back with their mouth full of pearl of knowledge which they let fall to make a stupid venn diagram . barney make it through 8th grade geometry and obviously . or and maybe at least some social study . oh and and do i forget bjork ear gouge i want to kill her score . at time it be hypnotic and but at others you just want to assassinate her . art film be one thing and but when you just throw up all sort of symbolism in the hope of get a reaction out of people and it become a self destructive joke . when do you cross the line between become a joke in term of art . dali and bunuel frequently make surreal piece of nonsense but be more coherent and or or entertain than this piece of trash . un chien andalou have the sensibility to cram as much symbolism a it could into less than half an hour . so and can i recommend this . only if you like dull high art film with lot of symbolism and flat imagery . d plus .