Car Toys

By AARON MESH

Chronicling roadside Americana that technically is on the road, Automorphosis extends out of director Harrod Blank's hobby of adorning his own Volkswagen Beetle with plaster chickens and a spinning globe. He sought out people who shared this itch, and naturally encountered some eccentrics: A man whose moped is shaped like a giant hamburger, for example. This is not a work of profound sociology; it is a movie with two different people who have nailed hundreds of spoons to their cars. I found it delightful. Clinton Street Theater. Friday and Monday-Thursday, June 25 and June 28-July 1. Harrod Blank will attend the Friday show.

  1. Best paired with: Hamm’s.
  2. Also showing: A Shot in the Dark (Laurelhurst), Deep Green (Bagdad), Clash of the Titans (Mission).

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