Sleeping Dogs Lie is one of those confusing films that even though I didn't like it very much, I'd still recommend it to others. Like The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, it totally defies expectations in an incredibly bizarre way. It is as 'indie' as film gets, with sparsely decorated sets, strangely-colored rooms, and a no-name cast - all these aspects kind of give writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait carte blanche to put his demented vision on to celluloid.
The giveaway for the queerness of the film should have been the soundtrack, which instead of typical Hollywood fare or even typical indie fare, is this strange Yann Tiersen-esque accordion-heavy music. I can't really give away the central premise of the movie - it has to be experienced - and the story is somewhat poorly paced, which is forgivable in a film such as this one. Still, it's an underdog film worth a viewing if you're into pitch-black comedy and explorations of the awkwardness of human interaction.
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i'm into that shit. q-dogg time
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this, but I'm going to try to see it ASAP. Sounds like something I might like a lot.
ReplyDeleteWell that was... interesting. Not bad, but now that I know what it's about I kind of wish I wasn't on record for all to see as being so excited about it.
ReplyDeleteHey, at least I didn't say what Huntronik said, which is pretty damn funny in retrospect. A random person reading that comment after seeing the movie might have a very different guess about what "q-dogg" means.
i feel like the film is really confounded by the whole 'what it's about' aspect. the director needed something that was outrageous enough that it would legitimately disgust everyone but not so outrageous that it was completely unbelievable (even though it pretty much is).
ReplyDeletebut i think the fact that it is so unbelievable puts the viewer in a bind re: sympathy (i.e. if it had just been like a gang bang or something like that, our sympathies would lie squarely w/ the main character, whereas i don't think they 100% do w/ this).
I totally agree with the viewer being in a bind. I bounced back and forth several times between agreeing with the boyfriend's point of view (until he asked her to do it again) and feeling sympathy for her, which I doubt was Zed's intention.
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