If you're interested in watching a fantastic balance of straight-up narrative and stunningly executed cutting-edge media slinging, this is it.
This film is so much more, of course; the story is compelling on various levels; the human-interest side, certainly. But also the inside scoop on period Hollywood fame-surfing.
I need to know: Who, in the end, is really creatively responsible for this film's look and feel? I want to shake his or her hand.
And, finally, the film ends elegantly. Few films do this. Maddeningly, this tends to be especially true of films that excite by daring to lunge out into fantastic creative spaces as this one does. They wind up being described at parties thusly; "Nice premise and early execution, but peters/cops out at the end."
This film doesn't cop out. Watch it.
This film is so much more, of course; the story is compelling on various levels; the human-interest side, certainly. But also the inside scoop on period Hollywood fame-surfing.
I need to know: Who, in the end, is really creatively responsible for this film's look and feel? I want to shake his or her hand.
And, finally, the film ends elegantly. Few films do this. Maddeningly, this tends to be especially true of films that excite by daring to lunge out into fantastic creative spaces as this one does. They wind up being described at parties thusly; "Nice premise and early execution, but peters/cops out at the end."
This film doesn't cop out. Watch it.