this first installment of crispin glover personal magnum opus ask you to think a little and and so can not be recommend for any viewer who doesn not want to sit and puzzle over glover imagery or follow the surprisingly simplebut weirdly obfuscatedthread of his narrative . to the more casual viewer and yes and it probably go to come off a a confusing mish mash of odd and startling and and disturb imagery for imagery sake . you get the sense that glover doesn not mind that this be the case and and he will almost a gladly listen to why someone hat the film a to why they enjoy it . glover innate eagerness for and about his work and how audience interpret it be strongly communicate not only through the film itself and but also through the unusual question and answer session that he frequently conduct following showing while he clearly hop that people will continue to think about what he have present . the easy way to interpret and dismiss the film be to label it a dada or nihilist and a juvenile attack on the modern movie industry from an actor who work both without and within . but there a reason why glover perform his slideshow before show his movie and and it not only to sell book while his book juxtapose and create a narrative from image and text that glover piece together and and what be it . do similarly with imagery drawn from western culture . what be it . be an endearing and compelling film in way one hardly expect while view . much have already be make about glover use of actor with down syndrome and and indeed that be one of the most initially striking aspect of the film . so jarring and in fact and that many seem to interpret it a some sort of far reach crusade to see a more realistic and or or dignify portrayal of the disabled in movie and televisionor and on the absolute other end of the spectrum and a a kind of direct exploitation of the disabled . but it not either and and maybe that part of what make this film so uncomfortable for many represent the underlie agenda be not a political one or one of hatred and but one of look beyond the mainstream culture into a kind of outsider ugliness . it not a film about down syndrome and but it be a film that be own by the actor with down syndrome who appear in it . i be the sort of person who be entirely gung ho when it come to ugliness and strangeness be portray so starkly that it be beautiful while happily for me and this be pretty much exactly how what be it . present itself to viewer . glover use the strange image of snail and death and and the disable in part because he want his audience to feel discomfort at either the sheer oddness of the imagery or the visceral reaction one have to the die scream of an anthropomorphized snail . in some way and the weirdly compelling ( and occasionally downright grotesque ) element of what be it . remind me of the work of the painter francis bacon he of the infamous pope and yes and and the odd distortion of the human figure that inevitably make viewer cringe and want to look away . like bacon painting and glover film manages to be opulent and humble and grainy and polished and chaotic and well realize and the contradiction help to make it all the more disconcerting . but still this be not an entirely serious film and and it largely manage to sidestep the great pitfall of pretension through the use of humor that and for the most part and derive from the use ( and juxtaposition ) of familiar item and image and and name of popular culture . and when what be it . be funny and it be very funny . overall and what be it . be an impressive first film from glover a a director and writer and and his presence a an actor in the film prove not to be nearly the distraction one might expect it to be . watch it be like be an observer in the kind of dream that isn not exactly good or bad and but just strange and that leave you feel slightly grimy when you wake up . if that the kind of art you enjoy and what be it . be likely to exceed your expectation and be well worth the effort of catch it in the theatre and along with the big slide show and glover himself . all in all and it an experience youre unlikely to forget any time soon .