Very impressive opening sequence that is the equal of any professional film. A spaceship breaks up over another planet. On the ground, we see a couple of astronauts. The imagery here is enigmatically anachronistic. Will this be an homage? Alternate history? Time-travel?
Alas, it is ultimately nothing, as the start of what could have been a great story is followed by no story at all. Some have said you are supposed to make of it whatever you want. Well, I wanted to know what was going on, but I wasn't able to make that of it. Instead, I watched a series of short scenes that did not feel really all that connected to each other. What began as Good Ol' Science Fiction became some kind of surreal Art House Impressionism (I guess). The production quality remains high though the last frame. But it is all wasted as any sense that it means anything is quickly replaced by pretty much random, at best oddly metaphorical, moments.
Feels like a lost opportunity for a filmmaker who could have made a great mark, if only there had been a good story.
Alas, it is ultimately nothing, as the start of what could have been a great story is followed by no story at all. Some have said you are supposed to make of it whatever you want. Well, I wanted to know what was going on, but I wasn't able to make that of it. Instead, I watched a series of short scenes that did not feel really all that connected to each other. What began as Good Ol' Science Fiction became some kind of surreal Art House Impressionism (I guess). The production quality remains high though the last frame. But it is all wasted as any sense that it means anything is quickly replaced by pretty much random, at best oddly metaphorical, moments.
Feels like a lost opportunity for a filmmaker who could have made a great mark, if only there had been a good story.