Under the Silver Lake was such a breath of contemporary air. I have not seen a film on this subgenre and elegance in such some time. If I needed to describe it, I would say it is what would occur if Night Moves (1975) and After Hours (1985) made a child, with a little bit of Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000) DNA thrown into the combine.
Andrew Garfield performs Sam, who finds a mysterious lady swimming in his house’s pool one night time. The subsequent morning, she disappears. The film follows his journey as he tries to piece collectively the clues and finds out what occurred to her. Along the highway, he meets the eccentric characters that populate Los Angeles’s underground.
I liked Garfield right here. He’s good for this position, which jogged my memory of Ryan Gosling in Drive. The informal Guy Next Door, with a ‘cool’ and charming vibe to him. I hope to see him in comparable roles in the future. I additionally actually loved the fashion of this film. The blue tones and the use of sunshine and shadow provides LA a mysterious high quality, and the movie has considerably of a comic book e book really feel to it. It jogged my memory loads of a online game I love known as The Wolf Among Us. All the actors are completely solid even in the smallest roles and add a lot to the environment. I liked how all the characters appear ‘free’, unconcerned of different individuals’s opinion of them. They are having fun with life with out a lot fear about the vacation spot. It did not shock me, then, that the film doesn’t tie every little thing tightly at the finish. It’s extra about the journey.
It’s additionally a considerate movie about our relationship to artwork round us. Themes like obsession, boredom, goal, and paranoia are explored in a darkly comedian manner. The film is sort of a melting pot of many issues I get pleasure from. Do you want detective movies? Weird experimental movies? Or maybe philosophical movies? Under the Silver Lake ticks all the packing containers. I’m completely satisfied I’ve seen it.
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