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.

Had it on for 5 min before my roommates told me to turn it off

Mandy is masterfully written and directed by Panos Cosmatos. Benjamin Loeb's disturbingly beautiful cinematography is some of the best that I've ever seen and Jóhann Jóhannson's infectious score complements it perfectly. Nicolas Cage was born to play the leading role of Red Miller, I couldn't even tell that he was acting. I almost immediately became emotionally invested in the relationship between Red and Andrea Riseborough's titular Mandy. The film simultaneously feels strangely familiar and is unlike any other film that I have ever seen; for all its brutal violence and the extent to which it is hyper-stylised, Mandy seems surprisingly grounded. I was not expecting to love this, but I do

What a trip. 
This film is so fucked up in more ways than one and dialogue wise it can be pretty cheesy sometimes BUT it’s literally my favourite Cage film (I think). 
Never watched anything more confusing in my life. Even if people watch this film and hate it, I strongly believe this is a film that you have to at least watch once!

The best film with Nicolas Cage since “Raising Arizona” and one of the most original, off-the-rails batshit insane movies to come out in years. It’s an unapologetic heavy metal acid trip about love, loss, religion and human nature, driven by an impossibly gory John Wick-esque revenge story that satisfies the viewer after a tense and tender beginning of atmospheric momentum played through sublime 80’s visuals and visceral, sharp and unsettling dialogue. Between scenes of Nic Cage expressing raw, palpable emotion are scenes of Nic Cage dueling to the death with twisted Jesus freaks and biker gangs of the apocalypse that more than accommodate the riveting performance the under-appreciated, unhinged actor was capable of giving all along. The film was built to contain Nicolas Cage. Instant recommendation to any fellow discerning horror fan or lover of creative, original films in general. An instant cult classic!

i avoided rewatching for a while because i didn’t want to sully the experience of the first time i watched it. still very fun on rewatch.

Wild

Maynard James Keenan isn't the most charismatic cult leader but this really one of the best horror films since the Evil Dead. The sequence of Mandy and Cage in bed with the cascade of LSD fueled alternating colors and goosebump inducing score, it's art. The imagery at the end of the run time in the car/sky makes mostly everything else in any movie look stupid in comparison.

LITERALLY WHAT IS THIS FUCKCIGNG MOVIE

Una hermosa fotografía psicodélica. Momentos realmente alucinantes. Una increíble música de Jóhann Jóhannsson. Andrea Riseborough demostrando que solo su presencia basta para dejar una gran marca. Nicolas Cage sacándole provecho a toda su locura. Todo esto hace que Mandy sea una de las mejores experiencias cinematográficas del último tiempo.

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