Lets face it, this was in no way a work of art.

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2008)

The fact that I have seen someone actually call this film art is a horrible disgrace to the art of film. Whether or not the film had a "B" movie vibe, the film was still a horribly produced film. This film failed to meet any level of decency in my opinion.
As far as the comment which called this film art is concerned allow me to address another thing. That same comment says that we are conditioned to follow the typical movie set up which includes a hero who knows all the "right" things to do and say and is witty and what not and that we expect these grand sequels. Well allow me to point out there is a reason we like to see a hero in a film and that is because any worthy movie has a worthy protagonist to watch. The protagonist doesn't need to be a hero but should obviously be able to somehow combat his own narrative problem.
A work of art is something in the ballpark of 2001 A Space Odyssey, Donnie Darko, any number of Wes Anderson films, and of course the numerous films done by the Coehn Brothers. If this movie was meant to be a "B" movie it was still horribly done and completely ridiculous from the begging to the end. I am sorry but this was quite possibly one of the worst mistakes I have ever seen.
As for the director, he is still a talented director and in my opinion made a mistake and it happens directors will almost inevitably make a film that is par or even below par.