Gothic has all of the aesthetic markers of a Ken Russell film, but lacks the laser-focus of his other movies. Sometimes pretty visuals are enough, but it wasn’t working this time. Scattered and frantic storytelling helps fuel the dreamlike feeling, but where it works for directors like Herzog, Russell stumbles on the landing.
I’m obsessed with the actresses playing automatons, however.
Gothic has all of the aesthetic markers of a Ken Russell film, but lacks the laser-focus of his other movies. Sometimes pretty visuals are enough, but it wasn’t working this time. Scattered and frantic storytelling helps fuel the dreamlike feeling, but where it works for directors like Herzog, Russell stumbles on the landing.
I’m obsessed with the actresses playing automatons, however.
