I won't give anything away, even though all of the synopses do. But I hadn't read a thing before watching it, and I like it much better that way. I was confused for a lot of the time, mostly in the "Now who is this new person/is there context I missed?" way, and also because my television set has lousy sound and the accents in the movie were quite heavy. But again, movies I could watch on mute. The movie brings out a bunch of feelings throughout, from a sense of urgency to a cold snap, carefree breeze and quiet dark.
The soundtrack is great, too. The theme song seemed to be The Mamas & The Papas' This is Dedicated to the One I Love (is that what it's called?), and it closed with this awesome Aphex Twin song --
So good. Watch it alone, if you decide to give it a shot.
I've still not got 'round to watching this. I'm think it was the first feature film from Warp Films - hence the great sound track. Better add it to the list. :)
ReplyDeleteI think they put out this short-film around the same time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYRzPwdwJxk