Saw this film in the cinema where is the best place to see it, for it is truly a cinematographically stunning piece of work. With all the locations, colours and beautifully crafted shots it is a film that sings a haunting song of praise over the magic of cinema.
I was initially worried that the film would turn out to be a 2 hour long perfume commercial, filled with kitschy charactgers and elaborate mise-en-scene but stripped of any real content.
However, after the Alexander scene the story and characters picked up pace and the relationship between the stuntman and the little girl developed very naturally and believably. Combined with an imagery that incredible, the black and white sequences came together like a puzzling and slightly sinister dream. The two main actors, the director have done an incredible job of grounding a very conceptual and visual film into a believable drama about friendship set in a period California.
This film is a work of love and passion for stories, dreams, legends and cinema. It is escapist in every possible way and a good way to spend a couple of hours, letting the director whisk you away into a mysterious and sometimes deadly land of epic characters and locations.
I was initially worried that the film would turn out to be a 2 hour long perfume commercial, filled with kitschy charactgers and elaborate mise-en-scene but stripped of any real content.
However, after the Alexander scene the story and characters picked up pace and the relationship between the stuntman and the little girl developed very naturally and believably. Combined with an imagery that incredible, the black and white sequences came together like a puzzling and slightly sinister dream. The two main actors, the director have done an incredible job of grounding a very conceptual and visual film into a believable drama about friendship set in a period California.
This film is a work of love and passion for stories, dreams, legends and cinema. It is escapist in every possible way and a good way to spend a couple of hours, letting the director whisk you away into a mysterious and sometimes deadly land of epic characters and locations.