Caligari's Cure (1983): cast, story & where to watch
1983 · Film · ★ 8
Released in 1983, Caligari's Cure is a notable film directed by Tom Palazzolo.
What it’s about. “(T)he difficulty with which an adult represents his own childhood--let alone another's--is the running gag of Tom Palazzolo's Caligari's Cure. In Palazzolo's cosmos, the kids are even played by grownups; he's recast incidents from his Catholic midwestern working-class boyhood with personnel recruited from the Chicago Art Institute.... The brazen, comic-book mise-en-scène resembles that of Red Grooms or the Kuchars; the tacky, off-kilter sets--houses as ostentatiously ramshackled as Frank Stella's recent sculpture, wallpaper like Lucas Samaras's quilt-shard collages, decrepit furniture painted pale pink or dusty green--are a kind of arty-idiot Toonerville Trolley Americana.” –J. Hoberman (Village Voice)
How it landed. With an audience score of 8.0/10, Caligari's Cure sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.
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- Where can I watch Caligari's Cure (1983)?
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- Is Caligari's Cure worth watching?
- Caligari's Cure holds an audience score of 8.0 out of 10. Most viewers rate it highly.
- When was Caligari's Cure released?
- Caligari's Cure was released in 1983.