There has been a lot written about this and I freely admit that I am not up to date on my Tarot, my religious symbology and my iconography. What I do have though, is a fairly accurate ability to detect pretension. And my detector is currently off the chart.
I think there is a way to enjoy this film - but it would involve illicit drugs or more alcohol than my stomach could safely ingest. I see that at least one reviewer found the film hysterically funny - I suspect that my posited approach would have the same result.
Beautifully photographed and (in someone's mind) deep and meaningful, for me this is one of those films where surrealism jumps over the cliff into self-indulgent pretension. This film doesn't just jump once though, it climbs back up the cliff and jumps again and again and again.
I'm reluctant to define a film as drivel ... but I find myself unable to find another word that successfully summarises my feelings about this movie. I hope the director and cast enjoyed making it, because I certainly didn't enjoy watching it. I would only recommend this film to my worst enemy. Not even the second worst. Just the worst.
I think there is a way to enjoy this film - but it would involve illicit drugs or more alcohol than my stomach could safely ingest. I see that at least one reviewer found the film hysterically funny - I suspect that my posited approach would have the same result.
Beautifully photographed and (in someone's mind) deep and meaningful, for me this is one of those films where surrealism jumps over the cliff into self-indulgent pretension. This film doesn't just jump once though, it climbs back up the cliff and jumps again and again and again.
I'm reluctant to define a film as drivel ... but I find myself unable to find another word that successfully summarises my feelings about this movie. I hope the director and cast enjoyed making it, because I certainly didn't enjoy watching it. I would only recommend this film to my worst enemy. Not even the second worst. Just the worst.