Because the protagonist of “Rubber” is the car tire Robert the introduction to our protagonist is a rather strange one, but in other ways very traditional.
One of the most important tasks to set up the first act of a movie is to familiarize the viewer with the protagonist, make him sympathetic towards the audience and explain why he, she or it begins the journey that comprises the plot of the movie. Now in “Rubber”, how do you make a mass-murdering car tire sympathetic? How do you even introduce people to a lifeless object and explain its motivations?
Simple; show how poor Robert, clearly animated has to watch helplessly as his friends and family are slaughtered by man via the use of fire. A traumatic experience for little Robert, who now rolls lonely away into the desert. The reason for the journey is stated; Robert has lost everything and must find a new home. However for those viewers who don’t get their eyes wet from those pictures we get a scene where Robert, seemingly happy races through the wilderness to joyous music. But soon anger returns to him, after killing a few animals Robert encounters his true enemy: man. A desire for revenge awakens within him, the journey has its true propose
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