Rubber is a 2010 French comedy film about a tire that comes to life and kills people with its psychic powers. It was directed and written by Quentin Dupieux. The film was shown at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
A group of people in a California desert are gathered to watch a "film." A sheriff, Chad, points out that many moments in cinema happen for "no reason," that life is full of this "no reason," and that this film (both the "film" to be watched by the assembled group and presumably those watching Rubber) is a homage to "no reason."
An accountant then passes out binoculars to the group and rides off on a bicycle. The spectators then start looking through their binoculars into the distance, waiting for the "film" to start. Throughout the film, this group of people is returned to in order to gauge their reactions to what has taken place so far.
In the late 90's, somewhere in the California desert, a tire suddenly comes to life and embarks on a killing spree. At first, it learns how to stand upright and then how to roll. It comes across a plastic water bottle and after hesitating, crushes it. It then comes across a scorpion and crushes it. It then comes across a glass beer bottle but is unable to crush it by rolling over it. It then starts to vibrate intensely and psychokinetically causes the bottle to splinter. It then explodes a tin can, a rabbit, and a crow.
When Crime is a Way of Life, You Never Know if You're Amongst Enemies...or Amongst Friends.
Born with everything they had to have more.
Plot
When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy - the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...
Keywords: 1900s, absurd-humor, art-nouveau, beer, botanist, carnivorous-plant, character-name-in-title, cigarette-holder, crying-plant, cultural-misunderstanding
Plot
In the ninth entry of this ten-film series, Maisie (Ann Sothern) graduates from business college and disguises herself as a spinsterish frump in order (based on eight past experiences) to keep wolfish prospective employees in line. She gets a job with Joseph Morton (George Murphy) who, with some other returning vets, has perfected an automatically-controlled helicopter. A double-crossing tycoon tries to beat the boys out of their invention, but Maisie discovers the plot and all ends well, but not before Maisie finds herself piloting the helicopter through downtown Los Angeles to a landing in the Pasadena Rose Bowl.
Keywords: blonde, boss-secretary-relationship, character-name-in-title, cleaning-lady, comic-chase, driving-into-swimming-pool, drunkenness, face-slap, false-accusation, fiance
UP GOES MAISIE TO NEW HEIGHTS OF HILARITY...ON A SKY-CYCLE BUILT FOR TWO!
Love That Sends You To The Clouds!
It's Maisie flying... fighting... falling - for a guy. You'll have a helicopter of a time!
Plot
One night socialite banker Baron Cassini attends the stage show of Eugene Charlier, who resembles him and imitates him in his act. The Baron is attracted to Charlier's jealous stage partner Mimi, while Eugene has similar ideas about Baroness Genevieve. When financial reverses lead to the Baron's disappearance, his frantic partners enlist Charlier to impersonate him; Mimi picks that night to take the Baron up on his invitation; and that's just the beginning...
Keywords: banker, bankruptcy, based-on-play, contract, deception, double, dual-role, financial-crisis, flirtation, folies-bergère
Perishot: Please, Monsieur Charlier. You know that kissing is not hygienic. Doctors claim that millions die each year from kissing.::Eugene Charlier: [kissing Mimi] Oh, yes? But what a pleasant way to die! Darling, kill me quick!
Baroness Genevieve Cassini: Rene, why don't you marry, get yourself a wife of your own, and leave me alone?::Marquis Rene de Lac: If I can't be happy with another man's wife, how can I be happy with one of my own?
Eugene Charlier: That's an old Chinese proverb. If it's not, it should be.
Eugene Charlier: That's It! A betrayed husband, under certain conditions, can remain a tragic figure. But a husband who can be laughed at is only a fool.
You're cute and i like you
Let's go somewhere
Can't wait 'til tomorrow
To dye my hair
Got loaded got shouted
I like you so
Take you home i'm so sly
Oh you've got something in your eye
Say what you will, that's just the way it goes
I buy you a drink, you smile and wink,
I'm open to suggestion
Bup doobup, would you like
To climb on me?
Would you like some coffee?
Or maybe?
Where am i? rubber?
What was her name?
See you later, i'll call you
Someday
If I put rubber in your head
Would you make something that time will stand?
I've tried painting on the walls
But I've done nothing that stands alone
If I put rubber in your skin
Would you move around and rub it in?
I've tried painting from the inside out
But I've done nothing that I can shout about
Should I give in?
If I put rubber in your hand
Would you make me into a man?
Put me on a chain and change my name
And lead me to the place that I need to go
Oooh... Oooh...
Oooh... Oooh...
Can't stand its easy to be your own invention
To be the only thing you know very well
Sometimes the things we think we want
We only want because we're trying
Trying so hard to be like everybody else
When you feel like you don't know where you're going (going)
Ain't nobody but you can get it flowing
The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself
It ain't a money thing - that ain't gonna do it
Don't matter what you have, it matters who you are
Sometimes we go around and round to only end up where we started
Trying to figure out what is in yor heart
When you feel like you don't know where you're going (going)
Ain't nobody but you can get it flowing
The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself
Look inside, Look inside
Look inside, Look inside
Look inside yourself
Look inside, Look inside
Oooh...
Close your eyes and you'll hear the voice inside you (voice inside you)
Once you give it a chance its gonna guide you
The truth is only you can make you happy
The thing is you know what you want
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself
The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want (you know what you want)
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know (know)
Look inside yourself
The truth is only you can make you happy (make you happy)
The thing is you know what you want (the thing is you know what you want)
Baby though, way deep down somewhere you've got all the answers
There's something you need to know
Look inside yourself