Spun Movie Review (Obvious Spoilers)
If Requiem for a Dream was a sort of cold hard (albeit cleany shot) look at the wonderful world of drug abuse....Spun is it's cheaper, grungy, black satirical counterpart.
Spun is a pretty unknown film as much to say, but I do say is one of the more refreshingly directed films I have seen recently. In it stars our favorite geek of the 90's Jason Schwartzman...best known as the guy from .Rushmore.
Now to reflect on Jason for a bit, he had basically high hopes for his acting career. If anything he was a person to look out for, and was actually one of the more genuine people I did want to look out for as opposed to other acclaimed young actors like James Franco and Ryan Gosling. The point being, he was more interesting because it wasn't that Jason shown some sort of deep interesting character in a dramatic indie movie....but because he brought something deep to a indie movie which was supposed to be a sort of comedy....a certain deepness that should be respected.
Of course his other films that featured him such as Slackers basically was overshadowed by his great performance in Rushmore, not to mention of his band as well. Of course Spun isn't a film that basically brought him from the brink of career death, because I think in reality what is shown is that Jason is a very directable person, hence this film is more about directing ability than actual actors themselves.
Brittany Murphy is in it....yes *that* Brittany Murphy.... of Just Married. However to tell the truth, this isn't a role that plays on her bubbly exterior, instead she joins the upper tier of actresses who basically risked career suicide and played a really grungy role that basically made farting on camera seem like Mother Teresa talking to the lepers. She joined the likes of Meg Ryan starring in Hurly Burly; Jennifer Connelly in Requiem For a Dream and Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich. The point is Murphy was good, not great, but good enough to show that she can go further than miss blonde of the month.
Basically Spun is about Ross, played by Jason, who wants to basically score some crank. Eventually he becomes a chauffeur for The Cook, played by Mickey Rourke, doing odd-jobs for him. In some cases, this film does show aptly reflect how it would be to be awake for like 2-3 days hyped up on smack. With small details that your subconcious picks up suddenly directs all your attention to it. Why I say that this film is a satire is because this is seriously a situation where anything funny, is so from an outsider's POV but if it ever happened to you, you wouldn't be laughing so much. Parody makes fun of something, in hopes that it will promot change. Satire is pointing out the humour in something that will never change and there is no hope in.
And that kinda hope does eventually come in and just slaps you in the fucking face. One scene shows Ross meeting up with his ex-GF for which he owes a hefty sum to. At first she is shown in this ethreal light, that just makes her glow and look exxageratly beautiful. But in the end, whe she steps out of the light, she still looks as beautiful but only when compared to the glaring trainwreck that is Ross, a toad out of the swamp who happened into a field of daisies.
If anything, this part totally shows it's Don't do drugs attitude, if any. In someways the director manages not to bring us into the world of drugs, readily embracing it...but keeps us at a distance, like observers on the street curious on the wrong-doings happening in the local crackhouse down the block.
Well rating it...I'm to tired to rate it really. Meh.
If Requiem for a Dream was a sort of cold hard (albeit cleany shot) look at the wonderful world of drug abuse....Spun is it's cheaper, grungy, black satirical counterpart.
Spun is a pretty unknown film as much to say, but I do say is one of the more refreshingly directed films I have seen recently. In it stars our favorite geek of the 90's Jason Schwartzman...best known as the guy from .Rushmore.
Now to reflect on Jason for a bit, he had basically high hopes for his acting career. If anything he was a person to look out for, and was actually one of the more genuine people I did want to look out for as opposed to other acclaimed young actors like James Franco and Ryan Gosling. The point being, he was more interesting because it wasn't that Jason shown some sort of deep interesting character in a dramatic indie movie....but because he brought something deep to a indie movie which was supposed to be a sort of comedy....a certain deepness that should be respected.
Of course his other films that featured him such as Slackers basically was overshadowed by his great performance in Rushmore, not to mention of his band as well. Of course Spun isn't a film that basically brought him from the brink of career death, because I think in reality what is shown is that Jason is a very directable person, hence this film is more about directing ability than actual actors themselves.
Brittany Murphy is in it....yes *that* Brittany Murphy.... of Just Married. However to tell the truth, this isn't a role that plays on her bubbly exterior, instead she joins the upper tier of actresses who basically risked career suicide and played a really grungy role that basically made farting on camera seem like Mother Teresa talking to the lepers. She joined the likes of Meg Ryan starring in Hurly Burly; Jennifer Connelly in Requiem For a Dream and Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich. The point is Murphy was good, not great, but good enough to show that she can go further than miss blonde of the month.
Basically Spun is about Ross, played by Jason, who wants to basically score some crank. Eventually he becomes a chauffeur for The Cook, played by Mickey Rourke, doing odd-jobs for him. In some cases, this film does show aptly reflect how it would be to be awake for like 2-3 days hyped up on smack. With small details that your subconcious picks up suddenly directs all your attention to it. Why I say that this film is a satire is because this is seriously a situation where anything funny, is so from an outsider's POV but if it ever happened to you, you wouldn't be laughing so much. Parody makes fun of something, in hopes that it will promot change. Satire is pointing out the humour in something that will never change and there is no hope in.
And that kinda hope does eventually come in and just slaps you in the fucking face. One scene shows Ross meeting up with his ex-GF for which he owes a hefty sum to. At first she is shown in this ethreal light, that just makes her glow and look exxageratly beautiful. But in the end, whe she steps out of the light, she still looks as beautiful but only when compared to the glaring trainwreck that is Ross, a toad out of the swamp who happened into a field of daisies.
If anything, this part totally shows it's Don't do drugs attitude, if any. In someways the director manages not to bring us into the world of drugs, readily embracing it...but keeps us at a distance, like observers on the street curious on the wrong-doings happening in the local crackhouse down the block.
Well rating it...I'm to tired to rate it really. Meh.
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