this film could have been great. it's visually stunning and very well-casted, but it screams of wanting into the polanski / lynch / cronenberg camp. it's kind of like watching a kid jump up and down yelling "i'm cool too!".
the story has great potential, but is poorly told. i found the timing very troublesome and a few more hours with a storyboard could have helped immensely.
i found a lot of the kind of obtuse allusion that can result in overkill; especially the dog.
some very successful imagery, though. i found the scenes towards the beginning of the film concentrating on the excavated graves very moving. all in all, a film with a lot of potential that is poorly realized.
the story has great potential, but is poorly told. i found the timing very troublesome and a few more hours with a storyboard could have helped immensely.
i found a lot of the kind of obtuse allusion that can result in overkill; especially the dog.
some very successful imagery, though. i found the scenes towards the beginning of the film concentrating on the excavated graves very moving. all in all, a film with a lot of potential that is poorly realized.