The problem with being an experimental artist is that sometimes your experiments will fail. This movie is unwatchable. We tried twice. It is actually painful to look at — the harshly lit video, cheaper-than-Querelle sets, the awful dubbing. We just couldn’t make it past the 30-minute mark. Stick with Guy Maddin’s Saddest Music In The World, Archangel, any of his shorts or even the vexing Cowards Bend The Knee. If this had been my introduction to Maddin I’d never want to see any of his films again.
Welcome
Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
