Aggressively non-linear and heavy on the visual flair, Mike Figgis' allegorical voyage through the mind of a filmmaker alternates between the tawdry, fake sophistication of fancy perfume commercials and an unholy regurgitation of the worst excesses of
European art cinema. Fantasy sequences, dreams, memories and — most egregiously — an all-too-literal rendering of the Adam and Eve allegory: Sound pretentious? It is. While traveling from England to Tunisia, disaffected director Nic (Julian Sands), a glum Englishman with a rather
cold-looking wife and child, meditates upon his past. Nic is clearly Figgis' alter ego, right down to his profession and early chi...
Released:
1999
Rated:
R
Length:
106 mins