And like Barton Fink , which the Coens really did write out of writer's block during Miller's Crossing , Schizopolis is a genial look at reactive-depressive filmmaking. Let me start by saying that is is the most honestly funny director's project I have seen since Godard directed cars.
Nothing is so second or third-rate as to be out of place.
And his humour is always central enough to further drive the main flow and diversions of narrative. And ultimately, this is a film about the machinations and limitations of narrative. Now, I can't remember any other directors in recent history willing to attack this primal monster of existence with such panache and humour. And someone willing to do that in front of the camera. The three numbered stories, each uniquely introduced, are coded narratives dealing with language.