Unborn, Undying

I just watched " Rules Of Attraction" perhaps one of the strangest movies I have seen since "Donnie Darko" but just like Darko, Rules defies the standard Hollywood formula to deliver a thinkpiece almost on the par with French existentialist cinema. The screeplay was written by the same man who co-wrote Pulp Fiction and the cinematography is just gorgeous. That's what really ties this story together, however i use story in a very loose sense of the word. There is no traditional plot to speak of in this movie only a grand circular movement loosely held together as an exposition on the sheer absurdity of human existence; its pains, beauty, love, hate, jealousy, disenchantment and sheer ugliness are thrown up on the screen in a riveting yet very disturbing manner.. The suicide scene stands out in particular as an example of how the movie forces the audience to face pure human pain and anguish without mediation or qualification.

Powerful, existential and loaded with the most beautiful cast of actors you will find anywhere. Ian Somerdahl anyone?

Grrrrrrroooowwllll

posted by WM @ 02:10