On the run from an assassin, international rock superstar Bené hides out in Los Angeles and prepares for a showdown with death. Regular film goers conditioned to the excess of Hollywood may be forgiven for forgetting that the point of film is to allow an artist to entertain via his skills and creativity, and ONLY those skills and creativity.<br/><br/>I cannot in good conscience (after about 1200 reviews here) think of a film that more clearly embodies that idea. As I understand it, the artiste spent on this film less than what an agent in Hollywood gets to simply negotiate one single deal.<br/><br/>The writing, the humor, the music, the occasional stream of consciousness, the cinematography (all the music bits, and also the Freejumping scene, and the "Asia infant spy program" bit) all scream … Genius.<br/><br/>I also liked the no-segue comment on Olympic Volleyball, it reveals the kind of mind we are dealing with.<br/><br/>Was thoroughly entertained except for the scenes with Beefy. While I fully understand that films like this require "making use of all parts of the chicken" to create economic ecology, you have to consider that the viewer "invests" his or her time in each moment watching, and Beefy is simply not charismatic enough to justify that investment. Otherwise, brilliant. Totally brilliant. A whirling tour de force, I Am a Knife with Legs is writer/director/actor/producer/editor/everything Bennett Jones' uncompromisingly awesome peek into the tortured soul and psyche of international pop star Bene. Hiding out from fanatical assassins (aka the SSN), he's holed up in a Los Angeles apartment with his manager/bodyguard/best friend, Beefy. Shot over several years on a shoestring budget, the film is daringly original and jam-packed with big laughs, crazy songs, visual panache, and esoteric jokes. If you have an off-kilter sense of humor and love to, you know… just get weird – this is the film for you.
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