Satire

Interesting article at ScreenCrush about how the movie went over many heads.

Key quote:

The last time a movie this obviously a satire was mislabeled as a sincere depiction of everything it mocked was Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers, which flopped in its theatrical release and is now regarded as one of the most interesting mainstream movies of the 1990s. Given Under the Silver Lake’s off-putting qualities — a deliberately unsatisfying detective story, a shady protagonist, a meandering 140-minute runtime — it seems destined for exactly the same fate. But when the dust settles, I expect Mitchell will have successfully redefined his career and his audience. I, for one, am more interested than ever in what he does next. I hope he doesn’t take it personally.