Postmodern masterpiece?

Rating: Null/10 (22 August 2001)

a frightening look at what the postmodern world of pop-culture can produce. The movie, instead of playing off its plot and characters, relies on the audiences willingness to be distracted by songs who's only claim to fame are that they were ripped from other popular sources. like in any other postmodern work, the orginal meaning is lost through references to references, everything is turned objective. I will say that the blending of these songs into a turn-of-the-century caberet dance hall was brillant. I was disturbed though with many concepts of the movie. Spectacular Spectacular, a spectacle of the spectacle, if that is not postmodern i don't know what is. the camera work is also a product of our time. it is understood that we as a society become distracted easily but our attention spans are quite low. This means that fast images, and actions which don't seem natural excite in us a fight or flight response keeping our attention glued to the screen. And you ask, why am i agianst postmodernism? well, if postmodernism continues indefinatly, which by definition postmodernism must do, then all thought and action will be objectified until all meaning is lost. anything can be turned into pop-culture, even being against pop-culture.
I did notice one thing though, was it just me or did it seem that all the major characters were always assaulting the duke with music? no wonder he was on edge and snapped, he was probably experiencing something akin to an LSD acid freakout! all in all a good movie, fun to watch but frighten in its implications.