A Thousand Kisses Deep
Stars: Emilia Fox, Dougray Scott, David Warner, Jodie Whittaker | Written by Alex Kustanovich, Vadim Moldovan | Directed by Dana Lustig
When a film is described as being “an unsettling drama that cinematically captures and recreates the psycho-analytic experience.” and is influenced by a song by Leonard Cohen you can tell it’s probably going to take some thinking about. When it adds some time travel in too then you know it could get confusing. A Thousand Kisses Deep is not really confusing, but it could lose a few people in what it’s trying to achieve.
When Mia witnesses an old woman falling to her death she is obviously in shock, but with this shock is also bewilderment at the fact that this woman had Mia’s pictures in her hand when she fell. This leads her to investigate the woman’s apartment to discover that things are not what they seem.
Stars: Emilia Fox, Dougray Scott, David Warner, Jodie Whittaker | Written by Alex Kustanovich, Vadim Moldovan | Directed by Dana Lustig
When a film is described as being “an unsettling drama that cinematically captures and recreates the psycho-analytic experience.” and is influenced by a song by Leonard Cohen you can tell it’s probably going to take some thinking about. When it adds some time travel in too then you know it could get confusing. A Thousand Kisses Deep is not really confusing, but it could lose a few people in what it’s trying to achieve.
When Mia witnesses an old woman falling to her death she is obviously in shock, but with this shock is also bewilderment at the fact that this woman had Mia’s pictures in her hand when she fell. This leads her to investigate the woman’s apartment to discover that things are not what they seem.
- 6/15/2012
- by Pzomb
- Nerdly
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Science fiction is a notoriously difficult genre to pull off on a low-budget, but as proven here in Dana Lustig’s A Thousand Kisses Deep, it’s not impossible. Though scribes Alex Kustanovich and Vadim Moldovan don’t appear to have decided on a firm set of rules to govern their time travel conceit, they have concocted enough surprises and secured a strong enough cast to see it through.
Though employing the titular Leonard Cohen poem as a framing device feels a little too precious, the film effectively builds a mystery from frame one. The ice-cold opening, which is so abrupt it feels like something was cut, aims to create sharp memories in the viewer’s mind which will be important later on.
Mia (Jodie Whittaker) is a mess. Her mother has recently died, she works odd hours as a nurse, and her life lacks both balance and meaning.
Science fiction is a notoriously difficult genre to pull off on a low-budget, but as proven here in Dana Lustig’s A Thousand Kisses Deep, it’s not impossible. Though scribes Alex Kustanovich and Vadim Moldovan don’t appear to have decided on a firm set of rules to govern their time travel conceit, they have concocted enough surprises and secured a strong enough cast to see it through.
Though employing the titular Leonard Cohen poem as a framing device feels a little too precious, the film effectively builds a mystery from frame one. The ice-cold opening, which is so abrupt it feels like something was cut, aims to create sharp memories in the viewer’s mind which will be important later on.
Mia (Jodie Whittaker) is a mess. Her mother has recently died, she works odd hours as a nurse, and her life lacks both balance and meaning.
- 6/11/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
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