To me, a film/movie is essentially a retelling of a story through the help of motion pictures. I don't know when this concept got lost in the movie industry.
Perhaps it's an indictment of the movie industry these days, or simply just a lack of creativity, filmmakers/writers these days simply throw in bits and pieces of random, incoherent ideas, and call it a film.
If you can't even summarize and put into words what you've seen on the screen, can you even call it a film?
Did the protagonist eventually make his way back 'home'? How were those random stuff that transpired anchored to actual reality? Nobody knows...
Please don't compare this with "Requiem for a Dream". That movie was entirely about drug/substance abuse, tripping out, and the devastating consequences.
Perhaps it's an indictment of the movie industry these days, or simply just a lack of creativity, filmmakers/writers these days simply throw in bits and pieces of random, incoherent ideas, and call it a film.
If you can't even summarize and put into words what you've seen on the screen, can you even call it a film?
Did the protagonist eventually make his way back 'home'? How were those random stuff that transpired anchored to actual reality? Nobody knows...
Please don't compare this with "Requiem for a Dream". That movie was entirely about drug/substance abuse, tripping out, and the devastating consequences.