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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I started the film not knowing what it was about. I don’t care much for period dramas and didn’t quite catch what was said when it jumps to the future for the first time. I then fell asleep and woke up to the surreal chaos of melting dolls. Then Léa Seydoux woke up from her past life memory dream oil bath (you’ll get what I mean) and we both started questioning who George MacKey was and why we’re constantly drawn back to him in love and fear. Pretty good.
Refreshing at times and very daring with its breadth of interest. the camera work struck me as it enables us to explore the fictional city that "monkey man" or "kid" or "bobby" or "protagonist with no name" inhabits through labour and combat...and the gun from John Wick is in it.
The film opens on Lucas who single handedly passes The 6 laugh test in the first 10 minutes. The script is relentless with an excellent ensemble of characters living up to the bar young Lucas has set. The Quips are seamlessly combined with dynamic set pieces that turn the record shop and it’s blaring grunge glamour into a stage for employees and vinyl surfers alike to perform their ritualistic good time fantasies. The film paddles in and out of the…