One of those rare Gilliam-lite satires that wouldn’t have worked if they didn’t get as outlandish with it. At its best when it’s worldbuilding, but sadly goes down the Don’t Look Up path far too often.
Enjoyable for most parts but did get lost in the sauce with each act. This one will probably age poorly compared to other BJH flicks but it’s another entry in the glad-it-exists core films of late.
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2.7 has gotta be the most goated LB rating out there
Probably the only Cronenberg I’ve seen being alright with its momentary campiness and overall lack of direction. His most personal and sincere yet somehow also his most sardonic.
Diane. Royal Alexandra Theatre. David Cronenberg Q&A. Never thought I’d live to see David Cronenberg going TMI about sex and his dead wife.
When I wake up earlier than you and you
are turned to face me, face
on the pillow and hair spread around,
I take a chance and stare at you,
amazed in love and afraid
that you might open your eyes and have
the daylights scared out of you.
But maybe with the daylights gone
you’d see how much my chest and head
implode for you, their voices trapped
inside like unborn children fearing
they will never see the light…
