"The world is getting smaller, the kids are getting younger, and I am getting drunk."
This funny little line from the beginning of the film takes on sinister overtones once you get into the heart of the movie.
It's a bit strange rewatching this while I'm rereading Gravity's Rainbow, in that I just came across an episode in that book that eerily echoes this film. In the episode — probably the most disturbing one in the whole book, which is…
Jesus Hackman is an asshole in this! Good stuff. Also, it’s abundantly clear here why Leonardo DiCaprio ultimately became a superstar
Worked as a good double feature with They Live.
It’s possible that I’ve seen a more incoherent movie at one point in my life, but I’ve certainly never seen a film this confident in its incoherence. Every moment is busting at the seems. The jokes — and there are some great lines in this — let you in on the gag.
Everything folds in on itself, but in the messiest way imaginable. A spaghetti sandwich. I swear the movie knew…
This isn't really a film. It's a testament.
I saw it in theaters -- the only proper way; you NEED to have your face rubbed in it -- and when it was over no one said a word. Total glum silence as we shuffled out.
Everyone should see this. Few will enjoy it. Everyone should see it anyway.
The church scene will scar you. The cut to the back of Aleksey's house as they run away is perhaps the most…
