I know a guy who watches movies and really connects with them through the soundtrack. If he enjoys a film, you'll know because he has the soundtrack. When he listens to it, he can sort of "re-watch it" in his head. It's a perfectly valid way to approach a movie, I suppose.

For me, a good movie becomes a great movie when the visuals grab you, surprise you and, naturally, augment the storytelling. I'm especially a fan of the surreal visuals in movies like Fight Club, Being John Malkovich and even the over-hyped Matrix movies.

Foreign films are sometimes the best place to look for bizarre images and extreme camerawork. Half of the jokes in the brilliant Kung Fu Hustle are purely visual, and they serve to create a live-action world with Looney Toon physics. If you've never seen Delicatessen, with its dark, hilarious and painstakingly choreographed sequences, please do so immediately.

Anyway, what I'm actually posting about here is a Hungarian film brought to my attention by the fine folks over at Fortean Times. It's called Taxidermia, and the small trailer they have is very intriguing. I look forward to digging up a copy of it. Click the link to see for yourself.

Taxidermia movie trailer