Inmate

I enjoyed the works we saw from Kuchar today, especially the first film The Inmate. It was so quirky, funny, and colorful that I found myself wishing I could meet Kuchar - he has to be an interesting guy. Anyone who gives the name The Inmate to a film revolving around a theme of bodily functions surely is. I liked the way in which he narrated the film the most. It's as if he's narrating a home video with a bad case of ADD. His narration constantly drifts off on some tanget which I found hilarious. I also enjoyed his word choice and random terminology such as refering to a trek into the mountain range as entering the purple mountain majesty (And, appropriately, the mountain was exactly that color!) The film was also visually stimulating and Kuchar's use of color worked to create a sort of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the new one) effect on the wilderness scenery. I was glad that he left some parts of the frame in their normal colors, because it created an interesting contrast and gave the impression that he was travelling through some sort of wonderland. In fact, it seemed as though all of the films worked to take ordinary experiences and turn them into comic book-like caricatures of themselves that were hard not to laugh at.