Didn't work for me

Rating: 2/10 (12 March 2013)

A rather avant-garde approach to cinema. It didn't work for me, but I can see some appeal for some due to it being (very) different. The black-and-white photography is an affectation. We simply do not experience the world that way. Old movies were shot that way because color was very expensive. Eventually audiences would no longer tolerate it, and it fell by the wayside. Good Lord, can anyone remember how to set a camera down and film? The current fashion of jumpy erratic camera work is almost enough to cause a seizure. Everyone seems to think that this film is so original, but it breaks down into the hoary clichÃ© about the struggle between genius and insanity. Which eventually breaks down into the legend of Icarus.