Synopsis
Accompanied by a frenetic original soundtrack by the great Ornette Coleman, insane asylum inmates escape their confinement and hole up in a deserted Belgian farmhouse, where they cook large quantities of eggs and condemn one of their own in an impromptu court. The actors don’t have much need for words when they can dance around, light things on fire, and drip hot wax on each other instead. Ornette Coleman and the other members of his trio – David Izenzon and Charles Moffett—recorded their score for WHO’S CRAZY? in one go while the film was projected for them, and the result feels like a bizarre silent film with the greatest possible accompaniment. The soundtrack also features a young Marianne Faithfull singing what are probably her most experimental riffs written for her especially by Ornette—as she asks, “Is God man? Is man God?” in an original track titled “Sadness.”
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Movie Details
| France Releases: | May 18th, 1966 (Festival Screening) (Cannes Film Festival 1966) |
| Video Release: | July 25th, 2017 by Kino Lorber |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 73 minutes |
| Keywords: | Avant Garde, Limited Dialogue, Prologue, Intertitle, Mental Illness, Delayed Release |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production Countries: | Belgium, United States |
| Languages: | English |
