This is a great looking film, that has perhaps diluted itself by trying to tell two stories at once.
The bland and cold LA lifestyle intercepted by unreality in a very Lynch type of way is finely done, but is inferior to the visceral story within a story that gives the film its nerve. The vista view from the Hollywood hill is always good cinema - even though we know that we are being fed a stereotype.
For this reason the ending, which is - one supposes - the connection between these two ideals falls ever so slightly flat. There are times where we are spoon fed unnecessarily, and times when detail is strangely lacking. The different styles of film communicate in different ways.
It is nice to see a real adult film in the independent American cinema tradition, and repeat viewing would likely even out some of the crinkles. The quality is there, but the substance may have needed some more work.
The bland and cold LA lifestyle intercepted by unreality in a very Lynch type of way is finely done, but is inferior to the visceral story within a story that gives the film its nerve. The vista view from the Hollywood hill is always good cinema - even though we know that we are being fed a stereotype.
For this reason the ending, which is - one supposes - the connection between these two ideals falls ever so slightly flat. There are times where we are spoon fed unnecessarily, and times when detail is strangely lacking. The different styles of film communicate in different ways.
It is nice to see a real adult film in the independent American cinema tradition, and repeat viewing would likely even out some of the crinkles. The quality is there, but the substance may have needed some more work.