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Director Crispin Glover Screenplay Crispin Glover Duration Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Producer Crispin Glover Writer Crispin Glover Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date January 27, 2005 (2005-01-27) Cast Crispin Glover , Fairuza Balk (Screaming Snail), Adam Parfrey , Lisa Fusco , Zoryna Dreams Similar movies Death In Love , Fish Tank , The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things , Nymphomaniac: Vol. II , Cheeky , All Ladies Do It Tagline The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home. As tormented by a hubristic, racist inner psyche. |
What Is It? is a 2005 American surrealist film written, edited, co-produced and directed by Crispin Glover. It stars Crispin Glover and Fairuza Balk and Steven C. Stewart. As of 2008, the film has only been shown at independent theaters, typically accompanied by a question-and-answer session, a one-hour dramatic narration of eight different profusely illustrated books as a slideshow, and a meet-and-greet/book signing with Glover.

What Is It? is the first entry in a planned trilogy directed by Glover, followed by It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine!, and continued with It Is Mine.
Synopsis
The "adventures" of a young man whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home, who is tormented by a hubristic, racist inner psyche.
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