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Draco L Mar 11, 2019 umm... wtf. i'm a big fan of weird & a big fan of David Lynch, which is why this film intrigued me. i'm also a fan of David Firth for some unknown reason; i watched the whole thing -- but i did not get this one. there was just too much gross imagery to get past whatever message they were trying to get across. however, i did some Google searching to see what other people were saying about it & didn't really find much. an interview from Flying Lotus himself didn't even have much to say about any hidden meanings, etc. so i'm thinking this was just made to be gross. & i'm not interested enough to dig any further. See more

Feb 26, 2019 Tremendously intriguing, absolutely f*cking hilarious and incredibly creative. Extreme avant garde with a amalgamation of awesome visuals. 10/10 See more

Han L Aug 16, 2018 To attempt Kuso is to give up on conventional understanding of cinematic narrative. Flying Lotus' Kuso is a film that openly spits in the face of its audience for a very profound reason. To understand one must first be familiar with a sense of absurdity and nihilistic levity when it comes to art films as well as the aesthetic of the dadaist motif. Kuso's point is very abstract and yet simple: art is meaningless until we give it meaning as is life in any context, the context Flying Lotus presents is one of scattered vignettes taking place in LA after a devastating earthquake that does more damage than the usual disaster movie shtick; each of these windows into the aftermath suggests a different outlook on the creative process. Albeit much is open to interpretation but again that is another point of the film, that subjective interference has its own rotting smear on the end result of perception. Many will see this film as a pretentious, self indulgent, exploitative trash fire but that is the intended reaction; in other words its mode of satire is so engrossing that to be repulsed by the film is to be a part of its very important meaning. That meaning suggests we are in a cultural wasteland soaked in garbage and dressed as art. Kuso also on a technical aspect was very competently done and the acting was a whole lot of fun to ingest. In summation this movie is as far and as close as you can get to perfect; within this duality do I find a truly unique commentary on art and culture in american cinema. See more

Leia W May 26, 2018 This film gave me heart palpitations in the best of ways. Maybe I'm used to this sort of art since I am a long time David Firth fan and he is the man who taught Flying Lotus to animate. You can see his involvement and strong influence. Definitely a strange movie and not for everyone but I thoroughly enjoyed it. A movie hasn't made me this beautifully uncomfortable since The a Holy Mountain. See more

Hermione G Oct 21, 2017 While it has an amazing first 10 minutes, it's quickly loses what made it so great and just begins to do its own thing, therefore, not making it a very good watch. Some might find it hilarious and weird, but as I said, it just kinda does it's own thing and it really takes you out of the film. Maybe if it were a series of Adult Swim commercial bumpers, than it might've been a fun watch but for the most part, I was actually bored. It doesn't help that the film literally has someone explain the meaning of the film to you, which is never a good thing. See more

Oct 13, 2017 shockingly over-the-top uses of gore and filth, a theme that grows boring after the first 10 minutes. even a seasoned fan of horror will most likely conclude the same. merely a sad attempt to pass off a mess of edgy cutscenes as cinematic genius... See more

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