Is this deep or what?

Rating: 10/10 (1 August 2005)

My friend rented this movie the other night and I had no expectations about it what so ever. Eventually I found myself nailed in front of the TV. Couldn't even take the usual cigarette break, I just had to watch this one from start to end without any kind of interruption, that's how intensive I think it was. The casting is carefully chosen, with Christian Bale as a guy who really looks like a relic from the concentration camps of World war II Germany. I'm not usually a sensitive person about ugly and disgusting things but Bale's appearance really made me feel sick from the starting minutes of the flick. This guy really knows how to sacrifice his body for artistic reasons. The visual settings are pretty dark and hopeless and the misery of Mr. Reznik can be sensed with a good mixture of devoted acting, matching soundtrack and good camera work. Also I liked the film noir-type elements in the story. What more could go wrong in a life of an individual? This is a f****d up movie, I recommend you watch it in one piece to maintain the rare intensity.