You know those types of films that people use as a baromoter to find their mate? You know, like Harold and Maude or Network or Apacolypse Now. Movies that test a person's level of "understanding". Can I clean up after this person in 40 years if they don't see they humor in Harold's suicides? Can I walk down the aisle with someone who left when the cow was slaughtered? When I say Paddy Chayefsky, why isn't there a glint of recognition? I think this new Todd Haynes film is going to be one of those.
It is abstract and lucid. It's a biopic and a mystery. It is brilliant. I walked in with doubts after having read this piece in the NY Times. I walked out smiling, stepping into the rain without a jacket and feeling giddy. He pulled it off! What gall.
Go see this movie when it comes out. Support this level of conviction. So few films take chances and it is my belief that we should reward the ones that do. Even when they fail they burn in so many more colors than the typical safe fare (hollywood or indie). Go!
Did I mention Cate Blanchett is the most convincing Bob Dylan I have ever seen. Maybe more so than the real man himself (yes, that is her above).
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