Taxidermia (2006)

To me, this movie is perfection.

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

best movie i've ever seen.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I'm not expecting this kind of movie, because watching it without knowing anything about it, is the decision. "Taxidermia (2006)" is not your typical comedy horror movie, the story tackles the real events when you're sexually frustrated and the life of "competitive eaters". Overall, it was a good movie and I thought this movie is not for everyone, because of its unusual content. But it gives me a new perception in these kinds of movies.

This was a complete and utter waste of time. I have never seen a Hungarian film before, and "Taxidermia" sure didn't leave much of a great impression.This was bizarre and over the top, and seemed more like an exhibition of freakshow more than it was a movie. There was a lot of strange and bizarre things being shown in the movie, and a bit too much sexual contents in my opinion, which leads to viewer discretion.The story is about three extreme people, in each their own way. But neither of the stories told really had much worth or entertainment to it. And it seemed this was all about just getting as much weird stuff crammed into each story as possible.Everything in the movie is very graphic and visual, and there are many scenes that could prove too much some some viewers.I am sure that the people hired for the roles were doing good enough jobs. I just didn't care one bit for this movie, so I didn't really pay much attention to their performances.There was just too much avant-garde film-making in this movie for my liking. But I am sure there is an audience out there for it.

TAXIDERMIA is exhaustively demented and disturbingly grotesque, however I can't recall when such unrelenting ugliness has been so transformed by the beauty of cinema. The director, György Pálfi, has done an almost miraculous job presenting the very essence of what is displeasing to the senses in the most achingly alluring and captivating manner. The film is divided into three sections which document incidents within the lives of three generations of men- a Grandfather, Father, and Son. And, I suppose that through the examination of these biographical sketches, the film addresses the much larger themes of Sex, Food, and Death. The first man's story concerns his military service as an aide to a cruel lieutenant while he was stationed in an isolated rural area. His commanding officer's nubile daughters become the object of his unrelenting and insatiable lust. "Sex" has never been presented in such an unappealing light. Next, in section two of the film, this man's son grows up to become a competitive eating champion for the greater glory of the soviet republics. Flabby titans chow-down in a race to consume the most unappetizing of foods. And, then they projectile vomit. "Food" has never been presented in such an unappealing light. I know that I have never witnessed anything quite this sickening in over forty years of watching films. And finally, the last chapter depicts the grandson as an urban taxidermist who takes care of his morbidly obese father, tends supernaturally large cats, and engineers his own death. This section of the film is probably the most surreal, and verges on the more avant-garde aspects of Dadaism. Once again, we are treated to the most unappealing insight into the depiction of "Death". And, then the film ends. Overall, you've just watched a madcap, full assault on middle class sensibilities and the boundaries of both good and bad taste. The early work of the filmmaker, John Waters, probably compares to TAXIDERMIA, but his work comes off as a trifle tired and threadbare compared to Gyorgy Palfi's lush and opulent ode to odiousness.

A beautifully disturbed film by Hungarian director, Gyorgy Palfi. I will warn you all now, this film is not for the faint hearted, you do see graphic sexual images, you do see people vomiting, close up, on many occasions and you do see what is meant by self-surgery with about 2 mins of entrails, blood and guts. This film is not for the ordinary film going public, more for the people who like artistic films that are just completely barmy, hence why I love this film. The film is in three parts, each part, a newer generation of the same (in a way) family. each of the generations have it's own story, plot lacks a bit in this film, however, the cinematography is amazing, and I think that if I was to watch this film with no subtitle's and understand nothing, I would still enjoy the cinematography with the soundtrack by Amon Tobin complementing this film to a "T". If you like family films, documentaries, thrillers, suspense, comedies, DON'T WATCH THIS FILM, if you like the likes of "la cité des enfants perdu's", "Das Boot", "delicatesson" and possibly even "guinea pig", then you will marvel in this film.