Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Mysterious Skin

Next time I see a film described as "an unconventional love story about child sex abuse and alien abduction", I'll remember not to take along a pack of corned beef.

The good news is that Greg Araki's finally discovered how to tell a story. But did it have to be so horrible that a lesbian couple fled sobbing from the cinema during the pederasty-fisting-threesome?



Interesting casting: The kid from 3rd Rock, young Alan Tracey from Thunderbirds, and Dawn from Buffy.

2 comments:

SL&V said...

*told you so*

Skip said...

Not exactly. You said it was moving, disturbing but sensitively handled.

You didn't warn me I'd be traumatised.