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Elliot
USA 2017
produced by Craig Jacobson, Cassandra Sechler, Anna Klitzka (executive), LeRoy Klitzka (executive), Chris Jacobson (executive) for Dreams For Dead Cats Productions
directed by Craig Jacobson
starring Joshua Coffy, Cassandra Sechler, Jay Sosnicki, Stefano Lima, Robert Pristine Condition Gammel, Craig Jacobson, Rachel Toups, Anna Muravitskaya, Phoebe Osborne, Julia Berkowitz, Matthew Macowski, Anthony A. Russell, Geoffrey Colburn
written and music by Craig Jacobson, special effects makeup by Cassandra Sechler
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Elliot (Joshua Coffy) wastes his life away being a maintenance worker
in an obscure company where he works lonely shifts under the watchful eye
of "the Face" (Robert Pristine Condition Gammel), who controls
his every move and only communicates with him via monitors that are
seemingly everywhere. In his off-time, Elliot slips away into some sort of
paradise where he's an idealized version of himself, where a butler (Jay
Sosnicki) never tires fixing him food and more food, and where Elliot even
finds love - and all of this makes Elliot long for this parallel world
more and more. But then something happens in the "real" world
that Elliot fails to understand but that has him on the run, and the fine
line between reality and paradise starts to blur - but that's not
necessarily a good thing ... Truth to be told, above is more an
interpretation of Elliot than an actual synopsis as the film is a
highly abstract game with science fiction mainstays, set in a bizarre
world that comes with its own colour scheme and wonderful lo-fi diy
backdrops, outfits and facial masks. This all makes the movie a feast for
the eyes at least, and something that makes one think pretty much by
definition. But then again, the movie does fall short several feet from
being a masterpiece, as it's rather lazily structured and carelessly
paced, to a point where pointless scenes are panned out way too long while
more interesting aspects are downplayed. That said, it's still a
fascinating movie - but one that hasn't realized its full potential.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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