Found this film mostly baffling. I felt like it was missing something in terms actually conveying something to the audience besides just representing madness. Maybe that's all there is to it but then it is a bit thin and would have benefitted from being more visually arresting. But I appreciate the attempt.
It seems difficult to succeed with surrealism in films -- perhaps audiences have an innate expectation that everything they see is going to make sense. "The Life of Pi" is the only surrealist film I'm aware of which became really popular; maybe also some Coen brothers films, like "The Big Lebowski." Directors keep toying with it, though - and for a visual medium like the movies, I think it makes a lot of sense.
Found this film mostly baffling. I felt like it was missing something in terms actually conveying something to the audience besides just representing madness. Maybe that's all there is to it but then it is a bit thin and would have benefitted from being more visually arresting. But I appreciate the attempt.
It seems difficult to succeed with surrealism in films -- perhaps audiences have an innate expectation that everything they see is going to make sense. "The Life of Pi" is the only surrealist film I'm aware of which became really popular; maybe also some Coen brothers films, like "The Big Lebowski." Directors keep toying with it, though - and for a visual medium like the movies, I think it makes a lot of sense.