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This film is brilliant.

posted 16 years ago by Anideos
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I loved this film. It is fragrant and sticky, and it's beautifully-cut scenes are like deeply inhaled drags, each one either more ethereal or more surreal than the last. The abject disconnectedness of the modern world is displayed on such a morbidly individualistic level that the audience cannot escape its effect, an effect many audience members undoubtedly feel themselves. Yet the compositions and colors are stunningly attractive, surrounding the characters and expressing their moods and states in a way that no dialogue ever could. Put this on your list.

[–] sartor023 16 years ago

I agree, it was fairly well done! The scene in the basement, with the two men playing pool, and the wife walks in with a tub of ice cream, and then the camera pans around the table to reveal...... All the while, no sound from the pool balls being hit, only a good tune playing over all.. I thought that scene alone was masterful! WOW

My feeling though, after thinking on it a bit, was that it could be seen as an anti sex/drug film..
the ending sort of helps drive that home I think.