I have said before that if I had a dollar for every "auteur" indie (where the writer and director were one and the same) that aimed for the stars but kept hitting the floor, well, I could retire.
But for every dozen or so indies that hit a brick wall, one soars. This is the one that soars.
Indeed it aims high, turning what looks like a basic "sci fi experiment gone wrong" into an existential crisis of the soul.
But it succeeds, astonishingly, at being both entertaining and bemusing.
I was glued to the screen from the beginning to the end. That seldom happens.
The actors, the script, the direction, all remind me of Hitchcock at his peak. YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE PEOPLE.
And the editing, OMG. This is the first film I can recall where aggressive editing was used instead of complex SFX. The editing is beyond brilliant, it moves the audience at a visceral level from scene to scene.
Recommended.
But for every dozen or so indies that hit a brick wall, one soars. This is the one that soars.
Indeed it aims high, turning what looks like a basic "sci fi experiment gone wrong" into an existential crisis of the soul.
But it succeeds, astonishingly, at being both entertaining and bemusing.
I was glued to the screen from the beginning to the end. That seldom happens.
The actors, the script, the direction, all remind me of Hitchcock at his peak. YOU CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE PEOPLE.
And the editing, OMG. This is the first film I can recall where aggressive editing was used instead of complex SFX. The editing is beyond brilliant, it moves the audience at a visceral level from scene to scene.
Recommended.