I was railroaded into seeing this movie by a former girlfriend. Apparently Emir Kustarica is a well-respected director and he's made quite a few films before and since, but this one stinks like a long-dead fish.
You'd need a university degree to be able to explain what's good about this film. There's probably something like a cerebral subtext and maybe the flying halibut is a metaphor for the conflict in the Former Yugoslav Republic, but there's very little entertainment.
I'd like to find out how this sort of meandering piffle can be regarded as art, but I fear that the knowledge may turn me into a monster. At parties I shy away from the over-educated, self-important types who spout about things like cerebral subtexts etc. Perhaps it's best if I just stay away from films like "Arizona Dreams" altogether. It's a film. I didn't like it. Maybe you will. Maybe you won't.
Probably you won't.
You'd need a university degree to be able to explain what's good about this film. There's probably something like a cerebral subtext and maybe the flying halibut is a metaphor for the conflict in the Former Yugoslav Republic, but there's very little entertainment.
I'd like to find out how this sort of meandering piffle can be regarded as art, but I fear that the knowledge may turn me into a monster. At parties I shy away from the over-educated, self-important types who spout about things like cerebral subtexts etc. Perhaps it's best if I just stay away from films like "Arizona Dreams" altogether. It's a film. I didn't like it. Maybe you will. Maybe you won't.
Probably you won't.