HEAVY HAT.
Probably the most what the fuck movie I’ve seen in some time. Despite being in my opinion a failed experiment, I love some of the weird ass shit that Kaye is trying here. So aggressive and audacious that I can’t really help but like it. Extraordinarily obnoxious tho, I got a headache halfway through. For better or worse this really does feel like a feature film YouTube/reel/TikTok amalgamation of a movie.
This has some really funny parts on it, and a couple genuinely interesting moments, but I don’t think I’d ever want to revisit the whole of this. It’s so annoying and loud, almost to a Luhrmann degree, but more experimental that I’m not mad at it, just exhausted. I also don’t think the story is really that interesting, I don’t care about this character or what happens to him, just occasionally amused by Lenny Kravitz or Paris Hilton showing up.
Julia Fox somehow found a more insane movie and role than Uncut Gems, props to her! Impressive shit. I do think her and lead Vito Schnabel are pretty awesome in this, just let down by a weak story. When something has this much improvisation in it, it’s hard for it to be effective and not feel exorbitantly loose.
Fun Q&A with Director Tony Kaye, lead Vito Schnabel, and actors Beverly D’Angelo and Colleen Camp. Cool quote that unlocked a bit of the movie for me: there’s never a wrong time to tell the truth. Got to ask Kaye about how he went about shooting this, and he told me that he doesn’t block anything — he lets the actors act, and (on this) camera in hand works around them. The camera, the glass of the lens is a face, it’s a character. I do think that that comes across in this.
If you wanna watch some maybe successful very modern avant-garde shit this is it!
HEAVY HAT.
Probably the most what the fuck movie I’ve seen in some time. Despite being in my opinion a failed experiment, I love some of the weird ass shit that Kaye is trying here. So aggressive and audacious that I can’t really help but like it. Extraordinarily obnoxious tho, I got a headache halfway through. For better or worse this really does feel like a feature film YouTube/reel/TikTok amalgamation of a movie.
This has some really funny parts on it, and a couple genuinely interesting moments, but I don’t think I’d ever want to revisit the whole of this. It’s so annoying and loud, almost to a Luhrmann degree, but more experimental that I’m not mad at it, just exhausted. I also don’t think the story is really that interesting, I don’t care about this character or what happens to him, just occasionally amused by Lenny Kravitz or Paris Hilton showing up.
Julia Fox somehow found a more insane movie and role than Uncut Gems, props to her! Impressive shit. I do think her and lead Vito Schnabel are pretty awesome in this, just let down by a weak story. When something has this much improvisation in it, it’s hard for it to be effective and not feel exorbitantly loose.
Fun Q&A with Director Tony Kaye, lead Vito Schnabel, and actors Beverly D’Angelo and Colleen Camp. Cool quote that unlocked a bit of the movie for me: there’s never a wrong time to tell the truth. Got to ask Kaye about how he went about shooting this, and he told me that he doesn’t block anything — he lets the actors act, and (on this) camera in hand works around them. The camera, the glass of the lens is a face, it’s a character. I do think that that comes across in this.
If you wanna watch some maybe successful very modern avant-garde shit this is it!
