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Being the adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home. As tormented by an hubristic, racist inner psyche.Plot:
What Is It? is a bewildering, unnerving, surreal, blackly comic film from the visionary mind of Crispin Glover that tells the inner and outer struggles of a young man facing villains and demons on multiple planes. | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreUser Comments:
A roller-coaster ride for the brain... moreCast
(Credited cast)| Michael Blevis | ... | The young man | |
| Rikky Wittman | ... | The minstrel's nemesis | |
| John Insinna | ... | The young man's outer sanctum friend and inner santum choking victim | |
| Kelly Swiderski | ... | Inner sanctum concubine and outer sanctum snail collector | |
| Lisa Fusco | ... | The young man's fantasy girl | |
| Crispin Glover | ... | Dueling Demi-God Auteur and The young man's inner psyche | |
| Fairuza Balk | ... | Snail (voice) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Robin Adams | ... | Inner sanctum concubine and outer sanctum girl who recognizes burning | |
| Cheryl Brown | ... | Outer Sanctum Mocking tormentor and walkie-talkie grabbing woman that cries later | |
| Tom Carroll | ... | Grave digger and mocking tormentor | |
| Lynn Conley | ... | The minstrel's concubine, mocking tormentor and ultimate outer sanctum victor | |
| Zoryna Dreams | ... | Monkey woman | |
| Ivonna Earnest | ... | Baby Elephant | |
| Scott Farley | ... | Floating cloud minstrel double | |
| Mary P. Hayes | ... | The young man's mother | |
| Kiva | ... | Monkey woman | |
| Muffy | ... | Monkey woman | |
| Karin Odell | ... | Monkey woman | |
| Adam Parfrey | ... | The minstrel | |
| Carlos Richardson | ... | The young man's alter ego | |
| Steven C. Stewart | ... | Dueling Demi-God Auteur and the young man's uber ego | |
| Eric Yates | ... | Inner sanctum Puppet show audience member and outer sanctum / inner sanctum victim | |
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Dueling Demi-God Auteur and The young man's inner psyche: Good. He's dead. Now we can have a good time. moreSoundtrack:
Some Niggers Never Die (They Just Smell That Way) moreFAQ
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This is a movie we will all be talking about for a long time. It's full of disturbing images, dialogue that is very hard to make out in spots, and narrative tangents that make you, almost, forget what happened in the previous scenes. It all does gel together in the end, but you need to keep watching and be patient. I am so glad I did...Not many movies give me this much to think about. (These days, how many movies give you ANYTHING to think about?) A film that can make me simultaneously puzzled, grossed out, intrigued, offended, and delighted is worth seeing. I am still very glad the director was on hand to tell us what he was thinking about when he made this movie; otherwise I would still be guessing about it almost a month later. I really can't wait for the sequel.