Man, what a scuzzy fever dream of a movie.
Though the film plainly points out what it's doing and where it's leading, that last act happens and while not surprising, it's still shocking, nasty, and so very effective. They put every single one of their eggs in one basket and boy did it pay off.
High budget trash at full throttle. The highs in this are so good that the lows really don't end up mattering. God this movie is so stupid.
After watching this today and Possession last night, I've inadvertently found myself completely in the sicko zone and I have no idea where to go from here. Feels like I'll be chasing this high for a while.
This is wildly impressive in so so many respects and has left me eager to take a look through the rest of Wojciech Has' filmography.
To see filmmakers operating on this scale, making an unabashedly surreal film with some clear major studio $$$, is something really special.
