![]() ![]() Such is Dupieux’s handling of these characters in his cinema for the attentive stoner. None of this absurdity is laugh-out-loud funny (it’s not meant to be), and the odd beats of dialogue blend in with the script's procedural nature and occasional asides. That Philippe does indeed have only one eye does not mean all that much, aside from how Dupieux previously had a cop with an eye patch in "Wrong Cops." Philippe gets too fixated on showing off his badge, and exits the film in slapstick fashion. There’s a break early on, in which Buron leaves Fugain under the watchful eye of a cop named Philippe. Fugain’s story involves seven trips to the elevator in one night, and he recounts them to Buron step-by-step, flashbacks that blend in visual elements he encounters at the police station. He is the man who found a bloody body and called 911, making him the subject of Buron’s glares during their drawn-out interview. Some semblance of normalcy comes from Fugain ( Grégoire Ludig), an outsider to this weird world in the police station, who does seem to have something he’s hiding behind a calm demure and interest in getting this over with. ![]() He also has a hole in his stomach where smoke comes out each time he puffs a cigarette. In almost any other movie, a police report's creation would bring stability and focus, but this one is being filled out by Buron ( Benoît Poelvoorde), who is dopey in spite of his tough-cop exterior, and irritated at the boring details of the story in spite of wanting to get it right. Illogic is the key here, as with his previous movies, but don't confuse it for an interpreter. His script’s main “plot” of filing a police report naturally begins with a man in a speedo conducting an orchestra out in a field, before being chased away by cops. Dupieux is a significant director, and “Keep an Eye Out” is very much in his significant style, even though it's a minor addition to his filmography. ![]()
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