Ben C Lucas’s innovative rumination on the pitfalls of technology has Hollywood appeal and features a darkly charismatic performance from Jessica De GouwIt is not uncommon for films approximately drug users to contain closeup shots of pupils dilating. This is hardly surprising given closeups of eyes have long been fashionable in cinema; the well-known opening of Luis Buñuel’s 1929 classic Un Chien Andalou comes to intellect. And after a hit of the friendly stuff,eyeballs look fabulous on screen, as films like Requiem for a Dream remind us. Australian writer/director Ben C Lucas’s sophomore feature, or OtherLife,joins the crazy-eyed canon in its opening moments, peppered with near full-screen vision of a narcotic-infused peeper. Related: Ronny Chieng on International Student and testing the limits of The Daily Show Continue reading...
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