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The weirdest 30 minutes of your life involves chicken impressions and green body paint.
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In the Land of the Owl Turds (1987)

unhingedoutsider art chaoscringe-romance

Overview

Comedy

Roland drives a dada art gallery on wheels and attracts more girls than he knows what to do with. Unfortunately, they rarely stick around. Can it be his chicken imitations? His dead animal skulls? His green body make-up? Can a handsome boy who feels like a Martian find happiness with earth girls? And if not, then with who? Or what?

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Content warning
surrealism

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

The mobile dada gallery is real and deeply cursed.

Costume

Green body paint that haunts my dreams.

Acting

Harrod Blank commits to Roland like his life depends on it.

Best for:Solo: When you need to feel normal by comparison.·Friends: Group watch for maximum confused laughter.·Background: Actually no—this demands your full terrified attention.
Heads up:Disturbing: Dead animal skulls as romantic decor.
Harrod Blank

Director

Harrod Blank

ReleasedSep 8, 1987
Runtime30m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight

Top Cast

Harrod Blank

Harrod Blank

Roland

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Director Harrod Blank literally drove his art car 'Oh My God!' across America for years after this film, making him Roland in real life.

Cultural

This is peak 1980s Bay Area underground film culture—part of a movement where 'bad' acting and uncomfortable intimacy were deliberate aesthetic choices.

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