1990 movie from David Lynch. Frankly, we haven't quite got our heads around it.
The deliberately ridiculous pounding metal and superviolence of the opening is obviously designed, as are other parts of the movie, to tell us; 'that's entertainment. do you want it? Because all this other hell must come with it too'. Lynch's film is rather standard in its depiction of its characters, the interest being perhaos that they are seen as more monumental than there rather pathetic lives suggest. At times we have the unacceptable breaking into their lives, what they try to hide, and the horror at this is a key element.
The main motif of this film seems though to be a deliberate parody and mash up of styles. As omniscient viewers we see the absurdity as violent movie turns to ridiculous Hollywood romance. What to make of this? A critique of traditional methods?
Cage could have done with a little more wildness, but Dern and Dafoe both put in excellent performances of their parodic characters.
Certainly interesting, mayb e we haven't quite tuned in yet to what is going on.
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