Comments on: 41. I CAN SEE YOU (2008) http://366weirdmovies.com/41-i-can-see-you-2008 Celebrating the cinematically surreal, bizarre, cult, oddball, fantastique, psychotronic, and the just plain WEIRD! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jesse M http://366weirdmovies.com/41-i-can-see-you-2008/comment-page-1#comment-195315 Jesse M Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:26:22 +0000 http://366weirdmovies.com/?p=6019#comment-195315 Just saw this. Great film. It went on feeling a little over-scripted for a while (as you said, too deliberate, too faux-naturalistic), but the intense cerebral breakdown of the second half totally redeemed the entire thing. Being a fan of Lynch, I couldn't help thinking that this has a VERY strong David Lynch homage. The microphone in the woods, the red curtains, the sappy 50's kitsch underwritten with menace -- Ben basically takes a trip to the Black Lodge for a while, and then comes back to his own movie. Also, the slow zoom into the black hole in the painting's face... haven't seen that kind of unnerving suspense on film in a while, and it was really refreshing. Just saw this. Great film. It went on feeling a little over-scripted for a while (as you said, too deliberate, too faux-naturalistic), but the intense cerebral breakdown of the second half totally redeemed the entire thing.

Being a fan of Lynch, I couldn’t help thinking that this has a VERY strong David Lynch homage. The microphone in the woods, the red curtains, the sappy 50′s kitsch underwritten with menace — Ben basically takes a trip to the Black Lodge for a while, and then comes back to his own movie.

Also, the slow zoom into the black hole in the painting’s face… haven’t seen that kind of unnerving suspense on film in a while, and it was really refreshing.

]]> By: dreamsinthree http://366weirdmovies.com/41-i-can-see-you-2008/comment-page-1#comment-26750 dreamsinthree Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:08:32 +0000 http://366weirdmovies.com/?p=6019#comment-26750 Agreed. Agreed.

]]> By: Irene http://366weirdmovies.com/41-i-can-see-you-2008/comment-page-1#comment-5256 Irene Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:22 +0000 http://366weirdmovies.com/?p=6019#comment-5256 “The lack of resonance with anything outside of Ben, with anything in our worlds, makes the movie less than what it might otherwise have been. We remain nothing but observers of Ben’s fractured psyche.” Such a conclusion would discourage both the readers of the review and the potential viewers if not your closing phrase which perfectly dots all “i’s” and crosses all “t’s”—“But that can be something both lovely and terrifying to look at.” A wonderful analysis! “The lack of resonance with anything outside of Ben, with anything in our worlds, makes the movie less than what it might otherwise have been. We remain nothing but observers of Ben’s fractured psyche.” Such a conclusion would discourage both the readers of the review and the potential viewers if not your closing phrase which perfectly dots all “i’s” and crosses all “t’s”—“But that can be something both lovely and terrifying to look at.” A wonderful analysis!

]]> By: LRobHubbard http://366weirdmovies.com/41-i-can-see-you-2008/comment-page-1#comment-4854 LRobHubbard Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:03:41 +0000 http://366weirdmovies.com/?p=6019#comment-4854 Probably the best critical piece that I've read about this film so far. Excellent job! Probably the best critical piece that I’ve read about this film so far. Excellent job!

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