Saw it last night at a sold-out show at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre. Had a blast. Wholly original, hypnotic, brutal, beautiful, trippy, etc, etc, etc... everything you now expect from Panos Cosmatos.

Performances are fantastic. Andrea Riseborough is quickly becoming one of my faves.

See this on the big screen.

if this film were any more metal* they'd have to mine it out of the Earth before each screening.**

*yes it's me, the ultimate authority on what is and isn't metal / the kid who bought Metallica's "Reload" in 7th grade, listened to the first song a few times, and moved on to the dark recesses of emo without ever looking back.

**but seriously MANDY is super metal. delighted it exists. Andrea Riseborough and Nicolas Cage both give performances as good as any i've seen this year.

If this was 80 minutes long it'd be the movie bro catnip you crave: visually completely dazzling, exceptionally violent and unpleasant, frequently hilarious (intentionally or not, depending on your level of ironic detachment), and loaded with mega-Cage. But that extra 40 gives you plenty of time to think about how wickedly, unnecessarily slow, completely corny and affected, and vaguely misogynistic it all is. I'd be lying if I didn't say this was a good time, the Yes album cover demonic hypno-drone is pretty much unimpeachable, but whatever Cosmatos thinks he's up to he could sure stand to lighten the fuck up a little.

95

Lost my spine in the theater.

Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s GHOST RIDER, scored with dronecore stoner metal. Paint this whole movie on the side of a fucking conversion van.

The stuff nightmares are made of.

Bonkers and glorious.

#CrazyInsane
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Definitivamente no es para mi. Odie casi todo de ella. La primera mitad la historia iba más o menos bien, me mantenía un poco interesado, aunque no soportaba la atmósfera tan exagerada y la fotografía en que se desarrollaba. 
Ya después que se desata todo son puros excesos efectistas y provocadores con los que no puedo, Momentos bastante extravagantes y grotescos, la manera en que les cambia la voz, el momento en que se va a vengar de los locos de la secta y lo que encuentra son tipo monstruos que no se de donde salieron. Fatal todo.
Puedo rescatar la banda sonora y nada más.
Llegue a la conclusión de que para mi el director está mal de la cabeza.

If I start smoking weed again this will be the first movie I put on.

i don’t even know what to say. this is just one of those films where you have to watch it to find out what it’s all about without looking anything up about it prior to your viewing. it’s so beautifully unique in every way. the shots and lighting are stunning while the score helps to meld it all together. if you absolutely love gore and sci-fi horror like me you’ll like this film. oh and guess what?! i didn’t even mind Nicolas Cage.

This is what I imagine they mean when they say “Give yourself to Jesus.”

I want Nic Cage to light a cigarette off my burning head

The colours are bright and soundtrack is cool but one needs to be on a high joint to soak this in.