I’ve given up on mainstream
Hollywood movies (as noted before in my blog).
I tried to watch LINCOLN the other day but only made it about 20 minutes
in. It is typical to reduce a complex
historical figure like Lincoln to MTV soundbites. I’ve written before about how Stephen Speiberg
is my least favourite director.
Don Coscarelli on the other
hand is a director whose work I’ve always enjoyed. PHANTASM and BUBBA HO TEP are both great
films but JOHN DIES AT THE END, his most recent movie, may be his greatest.
In fact it’s the best film I’ve
seen released this year.
Clever, creepy, funny, highly
original, the story of two average young dorks and what happens when they take the
drug nicknamed “soy sauce” which has the power to break down perception of
dimensions not to mention the power of life and death, time travel etc. told as
flashbacks is the most unique narrative I’ve seen in a long time.
Told in flashback, every frame of this movie is
crammed with visual surprises, funny dialogue, odd characters, I’m left with
thoughts about mortality and about what’s real and not real....John dies at the
end? We all die at the end!
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