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Juliette Lewis Transforms into a Chair
15 Oct
Summary
- A movie features an actress transforming into a chair.
- A musician becomes obsessed with a haunted chair.
- The film's strange premise leads to an unsatisfying end.
The film "By Design" presents a deeply unusual and potentially humorous concept: a woman turns into a chair. However, the execution falls short of its ambitious premise. Actress Juliette Lewis portrays a single woman whose essence reportedly transfers into a chair, leaving her catatonic.
Mamoudou Athie plays a musician who becomes captivated by this haunted chair, a gift from his former partner. The film neglects to explore the inherent comic or erotic possibilities of this strange situation. Even a cameo from the late Udo Kier as the chair's designer, who senses something unusual about it, offers little resolution.
Director Amanda Kramer's distinctive dreamy, Lynchian style is present but fails to salvage a narrative that drifts away from the audience. The actors deliver their lines haltingly, contributing to an overall sense of paralysis that culminates in a widely unsatisfying conclusion for this absurdist drama.
