Once Every Day (2012)
Since the late 1960s, the almost annual productions of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater have been among New York’s artistic highlights. A legend of the avant-garde theater, Foreman is also a passionate film fan, whose taste ranges from American avant-garde to Manoel de Oliveira. ONCE EVERY DAY marks his first foray into feature filmmaking in 35 years. Highly visual, complexly edited and without a traditional narrative, the film zeroes in on a group of 25 people acting out a series of semi-ritualistic behavior patterns. But their eccentric impulses are aborted in unpredictable ways with each attempt at action or development. According to the director, “The film slowly evolves a time-mosaic of reformatted consciousness.” Longtime admirers of Foreman’s work will see an intriguing adaptation of his unique theatrical style to the cinema. And for everyone else: Welcome to the extraordinary world of Richard Foreman.
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Good movie but grossly overrated
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Sometimes it would make sense to read about the movie you are about to watch. I will still stick to my "surprise" tactic though and be surprised by what I'm about to watch. This movie made by a theater director as I learned after watching the movie (though it won't surprise anyone), has not a clear story. We are treated many different situations that don't have a connection.I wouldn't even call the people involved in this "actors" or what you see in it "acting". Performers and performance would be a more appropriate word. Obviously I don't mean that in any bad way or anything. It will become clear once you watch the movie or at least the trailer. Something you might consider doing, before jumping into this "adventure". So you can still decide if this movie is something you want to spend (a short amount of) time watching