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I liken it to a nightmare

posted 10 years ago by art6602
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I say that because while there is continuity throughout the film, I found myself wondering, "what's the point of this; what's the point of that?" The imagery was what I liked the most. The quivering man-child was disturbing. The washed out frames, the waves crashing that looked like quick sand. All of it. I've had dreams that look like that. I only wish it were shorter. Limit it to 20 minutes and it would've been perfect.

[–] bishops64 10 years ago

I agree. Thus was way too long. I find surrealist films work when they are short, like Un Chien Andalou.

Now we can handle this like gentleman or we can get into some old gangster sh*t

[–] Dream_Demon 8 years ago

I also liken this to a nightmare, but a pretty tame one in my opinion. There are movies a LOT more horrifying than this one, albeit a lot less surreal and dream-like though.

Welcome to my Nightmare- Freddy Krueger