Post by Boz on Jan 21, 2007 22:25:19 GMT
papagiorgio said:
Spun (2002) - Director: Jonas Ã…kerlund
A speed-freak embarks on a drug enduced odyssey upon agreeing to be a meth-cook's personal driver in exchange for six weeks worth of product
Fucking excellent... Clearly the best film I've fallen upon in months. This is easily in my top ten, already. Maybe my top five. It was like a super intense, west coast caricature of the grim shadows of Requiem for a Dream. Better yet, it was like a PCP hungry love child of Monty Python and Hunter S. Thompson loaded Requiem up on barbituates, and sexually took advantage of it. God damn, what a mindfuck. I loved every bit of it. The cinematography, obviously influenced by a number of previous momentous pieces of American cinema (most notably an ommage to Lost Highway) was spectacular and innovative. The cast was saddeningly hilarious and great. John Leguizamo grabbed my attention by the throat and would not relinquish. Jason Swartzman, Mickey Rourke, Brittney Murphy and all the others did an amazing job pulling it all together... If anything but an great satire on the drug world, Spun is a great piece of black comedy that is due artistic credit where shown.
Spun
(2002/Ã…kerlund)
Basically a west coast, slightly more comical version of Requiem. Alone it'd be mightily impressive but in comparison there isn't much new here. Unoriginal but still great.