An Old School Thinker

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 2019)

(Flash Review)
Is life meaningless or even....real....without one's true memories? Imagine if what you thought was reality constantly changed under your feet. This unusual tale is told in Terry Gilliam style with imaginative sets, characters and a compelling story that slowly reveals itself. The rough story is some otherworldly beings pause time to rearrange the physical city as pieced together from everyone's lives and memories in order to learn about humanity. Thus causing everyone to have faulty memories and confused and altered relationships. Occasionally, a few people become immune to the pausing of time. Will these people be able to end the endless shifting rubrics cube of life? What is intriguing about the style of this film that is while it appears to be a 40s Noir, the architecture and style are a tapestry of other styles and eras due to the rearranging of memories; the current reality is a visual mixture from different periods of people's lives. Really well done and mixing brilliant creativity with a substantial story.