The Dark Backward

The Dark Backward

1991 · 101 min · EN · R · 5.4 (28 votes)
Dir. Adam Rifkin · Starring Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Caan, Rob Lowe

It's the world inside out.

Comedy

A man pursues stand-up comedy encouraged by his fellow garbage man. Though his friend, who accompanies him on accordion, continues to tell him how great he is, he actually stinks. When the "comedian" grows a third arm out of his back, the friend uses this twist to get him signed up with a sleazy talent agent, and it begins to look like his career is on the move, even though his girlfriend has left him.

VIBE

This film feels like a fever dream. It's a bizarre, unsettling journey into the absurd, where grotesque body horror meets anti-humor. A truly unique, low-fi cult experience that lingers long after the credits roll.

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