It’s about a society in free fall. On the way down it keeps telling itself so far so good... so far so good... so far so good.
Le monde est à nous
Someone called this Norwegian “Frances Ha”. So it’s my jam.
“i grew up in an age without Internet and mobile phones. I sound like an old fart but I think about it a lot. The world that I knew has disappeared. For me it was all about going to stores. Record stores. I'd take the tram to Voices in Grünerløkka, leaf through used comics at Pretty Price. I can close my eyes and see the aisles at Video Nova in…
The style just drips off the screen. Classic noir through an 80s lens, a monster holding up a mirror to obsession and even a bit of our cultural excesses. Loved the focus on the similarities between the beast(s) and their hunter. The caged and uncaged tiger motif was a really nice touch and I loved getting a peek into the distorted viewpoint of the killers perception of love and his misconstruing of an innocent interaction.
The vibes blew me away…
Unhinged, uneven and kind of a hot mess at times, but I loved it. Keep making movies Bong Joon Ho.
Cast was incredible, all bought in, but none more so than Robert Pattinson, who carries this film.
The roast of TrumpMusk during the entire runtime was the sweetest icing on this deliciously insane cake.
Of course this is our inevitable capitalist future.