There are some movies that know how to do weird. 4 really nails it.
4 doesn’t have a plot, per se, but it does have a lot of themes. Chief among them, I suppose, is the obvious – a double life, or reflection on life. On the surface, we spend some time with three characters who meet in a bar and lie about themselves. Then we see them mope about. One is a frozen meat vendor, one a piano tuner one a prostitute gone off to mourn the loss of her sister who worked on a Werner Herzog-esque farm making garish dolls. (Indeed, the last third of the movie reminded me quite a bit of Even Dwarves Started Small, with drunken old women in lieu of dwarves.)
I don’t know that 4 is the type of film that should be scrutinized or analyzed. I do recommend experiencing it. I enjoyed it a great deal.
