{"id":455,"date":"2013-10-29T21:28:22","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T04:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=455"},"modified":"2013-10-29T21:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T04:28:22","slug":"rubber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/rubber\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber"},"content":{"rendered":"

I cannot recommend to you highly enough the film Rubber<\/strong><\/em>. The world does not have enough metafictional absurdist films about tyres. \u00a0Not nearly enough.<\/p>\n

Rubber<\/strong><\/em> is a film about a tyre named Robert who rolls around making things explode while an audience watches. I need tell you no more of this story. That should be enough to pique your interest. If it isn’t, then this is not the film for you.<\/p>\n

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I cannot recommend to you highly enough the film Rubber. The world does not have enough metafictional absurdist films about tyres. \u00a0Not nearly enough. Rubber is a film about a tyre named Robert who rolls around making things explode while an audience watches. I need tell you no more of this story. That should be enough to pique your interest. If it isn’t, then this is not the film for you. 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