Wow... I went on a whim, and I came out very satisfied.
If you liked The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, or Brazil, or any of Terry Gilliam's films go see this film. If you liked Pan's Labyrinth, go see this film. It's not for everyone, but it is breathtakingly beautiful, and the story is engaging and emotional.
Check out the trailer here (and a link to the website which has some amazing pictures from the film).
Click here to read Roger Ebert's 4 star (perfect) review.
It tells a simple story with vast romantic images so stunning I had to check twice, three times, to be sure the film actually claims to have absolutely no computer-generated imagery. None? What about the Labyrinth of Despair, with no exit? The intersecting walls of zig-zagging staircases? The man who emerges from the burning tree? Perhaps the key words are "computer-generated." Perhaps some of the images are created by more traditional kinds of special effects.
Click here to read his interview with the director, Tarsem.
And then Tarsem made one of the most astonishing films I have ever seen. It is all the more special in this age of computer-generated special effects, because we see things that cannot exist, but our eyes do not lie, and they do exist, yes, they really do.
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