*Corpus Callosum
2002·Drama·1h 33m
7.1
★
A surreal and comic exploration of an office space and its inhabitants and the decorations of a living room.
Directed by Michael Snow
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Cast
Jacqueline Anderson
Walking Woman
Crew
Michael Snow
Director
Michael Snow
Writer
Michael Snow
Production Design
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
MyNeighborDUSK
10.0★ · 05/10/25
30 minutes in I knew this was the absolute best shit I had seen in my life.
30 minutes in I knew this was the absolute best shit I had seen in my life.
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Ben Griffin
8.0★ · 03/14/26
Office Space if it was directed by David Lynch
Office Space if it was directed by David Lynch
Charlotte Wong
8.0★ · 09/12/25
This is how I feel at work too
This is how I feel at work too
charlie
8.4★ · 01/12/25
I'm trying to write something insightful about this but am having no luck. There is not a single other filmmaker that has challenged me as much as Michael Snow and I thank him for that
I'm trying to write something insightful about this but am having no luck. There is not a single other filmmaker that has challenged me as much as Michael Snow and I thank him for that
Jackson Lang
10.0★ · 05/24/23
I’m about to turn this page into a Michael Snow fan account.
From what I can tell Michael snows films are largely focused on the cameras, relationship to the space it inhabits. The camera in this film is largely just placed in a very traditional office filled with what can be assumed our employees just going about their day. But as always snow is here to take a setting and completely flip it on its head.
But in this very interesting case snow comments on something that surprisingly few works really talk about with any sort of artistic lens. That being the Internet and its capabilities to distort and warp the world, we live in. The world of these office employees is completely twisted shaped and bent into an amalgamation of comedy sexuality, and even horror using what was at the time, modern digital software. This idea that even our every day mundane spaces, routines and actions have been and are being completely re-shaped by the rapidly advancing technology around us yet we still walk around each day like nothings changed.
However, what’s unique about Corpus Callosum is unlike a lot of art that covers the topic of ever expanding technology Corpus Callosum isn’t overbearingly or inherently negative. Many times when we see our talking about the rise of technology it’s framing it as this doom and gloom end of civilization end of art end of life, unstoppable force. But Corpus Callosum doesn’t necessarily take a positive or negative stance on it. How I interpret it is Corpus Callosum is simply showing technologies, ability to drastically shape our lives, yet not necessarily change how we feel about it. Despite the insanity on screen, everyone seems to be pretty unbothered by what’s happening around them, which is both comforting and unsettling.
Michael snow is very quickly becoming one of my favorite film makers of all time
From what I can tell Michael snows films are largely focused on the cameras, relationship to the space it inhabits. The camera in this film is largely just placed in a very traditional office filled with what can be assumed our employees just going about their day. But as always snow is here to take a setting and completely flip it on its head.
But in this very interesting case snow comments on something that surprisingly few works really talk about with any sort of artistic lens. That being the Internet and its capabilities to distort and warp the world, we live in. The world of these office employees is completely twisted shaped and bent into an amalgamation of comedy sexuality, and even horror using what was at the time, modern digital software. This idea that even our every day mundane spaces, routines and actions have been and are being completely re-shaped by the rapidly advancing technology around us yet we still walk around each day like nothings changed.
However, what’s unique about Corpus Callosum is unlike a lot of art that covers the topic of ever expanding technology Corpus Callosum isn’t overbearingly or inherently negative. Many times when we see our talking about the rise of technology it’s framing it as this doom and gloom end of civilization end of art end of life, unstoppable force. But Corpus Callosum doesn’t necessarily take a positive or negative stance on it. How I interpret it is Corpus Callosum is simply showing technologies, ability to drastically shape our lives, yet not necessarily change how we feel about it. Despite the insanity on screen, everyone seems to be pretty unbothered by what’s happening around them, which is both comforting and unsettling.
Michael snow is very quickly becoming one of my favorite film makers of all time
I’m about to turn this page into a Michael Snow fan account.
From what I can tell Michael snows films are largely focused on the cameras, relationship to the space it inhabits. The camera in this film is largely just placed in a very traditional office filled with what can be assumed our employees just going about their day. But as always snow is here to take a setting and completely flip it on its head.
But in this very interesting case snow comments on something that surprisingly few works really talk about with any sort of artistic lens. That being the Internet and its capabilities to distort and warp the world, we live in. The world of these office employees is completely twisted shaped and bent into an amalgamation of comedy sexuality, and even horror using what was at the time, modern digital software. This idea that even our every day mundane spaces, routines and actions have been and are being completely re-shaped by the rapidly advancing technology around us yet we still walk around each day like nothings changed.
However, what’s unique about Corpus Callosum is unlike a lot of art that covers the topic of ever expanding technology Corpus Callosum isn’t overbearingly or inherently negative. Many times when we see our talking about the rise of technology it’s framing it as this doom and gloom end of civilization end of art end of life, unstoppable force. But Corpus Callosum doesn’t necessarily take a positive or negative stance on it. How I interpret it is Corpus Callosum is simply showing technologies, ability to drastically shape our lives, yet not necessarily change how we feel about it. Despite the insanity on screen, everyone seems to be pretty unbothered by what’s happening around them, which is both comforting and unsettling.
Michael snow is very quickly becoming one of my favorite film makers of all time
From what I can tell Michael snows films are largely focused on the cameras, relationship to the space it inhabits. The camera in this film is largely just placed in a very traditional office filled with what can be assumed our employees just going about their day. But as always snow is here to take a setting and completely flip it on its head.
But in this very interesting case snow comments on something that surprisingly few works really talk about with any sort of artistic lens. That being the Internet and its capabilities to distort and warp the world, we live in. The world of these office employees is completely twisted shaped and bent into an amalgamation of comedy sexuality, and even horror using what was at the time, modern digital software. This idea that even our every day mundane spaces, routines and actions have been and are being completely re-shaped by the rapidly advancing technology around us yet we still walk around each day like nothings changed.
However, what’s unique about Corpus Callosum is unlike a lot of art that covers the topic of ever expanding technology Corpus Callosum isn’t overbearingly or inherently negative. Many times when we see our talking about the rise of technology it’s framing it as this doom and gloom end of civilization end of art end of life, unstoppable force. But Corpus Callosum doesn’t necessarily take a positive or negative stance on it. How I interpret it is Corpus Callosum is simply showing technologies, ability to drastically shape our lives, yet not necessarily change how we feel about it. Despite the insanity on screen, everyone seems to be pretty unbothered by what’s happening around them, which is both comforting and unsettling.
Michael snow is very quickly becoming one of my favorite film makers of all time