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February 06, 2007
Immortel ad vitam
How to describe this film? Basically, if The Fifth Element had inappropriate teenage sex with a mid-'80s Epic magazine on acid times a hundred it would be something like Immortel ad vitam. That's the visuals. The "plot" takes the same inspirations and throws them in a blender with Aleister Crowley channeled through a metric Ouija board. And for some reason New York of the future has the Eiffel Tower. I have never seen anything like it. This is one of the few films I have ever watched right through the end credits, stopped and then watched again from the beginning if only to be certain I did not accidentally write the thing in some parallel reality where I get production money.
I love this movie.
A summary of the graphic novel gives the gist of the thing.
Trust me, those aren't spoilers.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 6, 2007 07:24 AM
Comments
So is this kinda like Planet of the Apes for goths?
Posted by: agent bedhead at February 6, 2007 01:11 PM
Umm... ahh... more like The Fifth Element for goths of the cyber variety. Also good for rivetheads.
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at February 6, 2007 01:31 PM
I ordered the dvd today, on your good advice. I'll let you know what I think.
Posted by: the sad old goth... at February 6, 2007 06:33 PM
Enjoy!
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at February 6, 2007 07:06 PM
I meant without the apes. Sigh - I'm so tired today!
Posted by: agent bedhead at February 6, 2007 09:17 PM
:P
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at February 6, 2007 09:18 PM
That does look rather interesting...a good discovery there Flea to be sure. Anything that has a bit of a cyberpunk tinge to it I rather like.
Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge at February 7, 2007 04:08 AM