In Fabric was like a shopping trip with my mother when I was young: It demanded more patience than I had and I came away with surprisingly little.
if it was filmed in the 80s it would be fun to watch as a campy old horror but as a 2018 film its just bad
All I really want to say about this movie is that the store clerk can sell me literally anything. I would buy whatever from her, no matter how cursed it is.
Peter Strickland's 4th film is probably his most eccentric yet. A horror-comedy that involves sales season at a department store set in late 70s / early 80s England. It has a huge whiff of homage to giallo type Euro films and also has it's own identity in the form of sharply dry comedy dissecting consumerism and the obsession with shopping / clothes.
As with the majority of Strickland's films there is this other worldly feel to it, and there are no recognisable brands / materialistic objects that make us comfortable in a familiarity type way. Instead there are mysterious characters performing a variety of twisted acts on themselves and on mannequins. There are women with wigs, a very weird store owner, disappearing store assistants and untimely demises. How much of this is to be analysed and how much is Strickland's indulgence remains a bit of a mystery. But the journey was a great experience - the way it is shot (especially the main protagonist - a red dress) is beautiful, and the way it sounded (creaks, voices, pens writing,scratching, pipes moaning, elevators whining, washing machines spinning) was as eerie as it was awesome.
The two chapter style didn't really fit - perhaps these things tend to be better with 1 or 3. I can envisage this film being frustrating for film-goers who prefer a more linear plot. There are lots of ambiguous characters and dialogues. But it's definitely worth a watch just for how different Strickland films are to most out there.
Eeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm...... I don't really know what to tell y'all. I have no idea. I guess it was about a haunted dress and some people which are got in contact with it. I kinda enjoyed it until I realized that this is some kind of anthology (not in the usual way). The music and the overall style were kinda beautiful, but the movie itself was very, very weird. But not it that kind of way I enjoy, more like what the actual fuck is happening here, what is this, what is that, why is he doing that why is she doing that .... why oh why ... and where, who and why is Gamora? I’m kinda baffled because I watch many movies and some of them are weird and complex and very much open to interpretation, but even after a long sleep I still have no clue.
Pure garbage and definitely a waste of time.
I really wanted this movie to be good, but it was just so boring. Between that and the gratuitous, unnecessary sexualization of the female form, I couldn’t even finish the movie. Listen, filmmakers, if you have to resort to focusing on a naked female body being USED, as in a female body that is not sentient and/or canNOT consent to what is being done to it, to make your movie “interesting,” then guess what… it’s not interesting! Try writing a real script next time.
Very strange, very stylish, very funny, but not for everyone
Although it definitely flirts with embracing the transformative power of fine clothing and the positive psychological effects one can experience by wearing something one believes to look fantastic, In Fabric is far more interested in roundly mocking some of the more crass elements of consumerism, particularly the pernicious and seemingly irresistible lure of "the bargain", and the herd mentality manufactured, maintained, and exploited by retail corporations during Black Friday (an event that if witnessed by aliens would surely lead to them judging us too intellectually rudimentary to bother conquering). In Fabric's biggest single problem is that it's actually made up of two loosely-connected storylines, but because the first one is so much more interesting, it leads to some narrative slackness in the second half, and all in all, it's not a patch on Peter Strickland's best work to date, The Duke of Burgundy. Nevertheless, it's brilliantly acted, looks (and sounds) amazing, has an unparalleled commitment to the more tactile elements of the medium, is exceptionally funny, and will never allow you look at a washing machine (or a washing machine repairman) in quite the same way again.
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A very weird stylish unique horror comedy. The first half was better than the second and I wasn't impressed with the ending. It feels very experimental and eccentric. The music is amazing and the department store workers are the standout they're so creepy.
Akin to Strickland's other films, this is a weird, unsettling, darkly comic film that is well worth a look. Might make you think twice about your depsrtment store of choice, however.
I think this movie isn't for everyone, I really love horror moves like Suspiria and mother! but this one was just not for me.
Shout by hirkitiVIP EP 2BlockedParent2023-12-07T19:51:06Z
F this shit. The stupid attempt at recreating bad 70s film style with awful colors, jarring synthesized score and poor cinematography. etc got real aggravating real quick. Lasted 14:29 and that’s only because I was keeping busy with Trakt.