Spun is basically a movie about six methaphetamine addicts. Their life stories are sort of strung together to create a chaotic plot that is the movie. The protagonist, Ross (played by Jason Schwartzman), becomes his Crystal Meth cook's personal driver in exchange for free drugs. During this time, Ross gets lost in the crazy mess of methaphetamine as he tries to struggle with his love life and with these unstable new people he is meeting.
The cast is pretty all-star, with Mena Suvari, Patrick Fugit, Mickey Rourke and Brittany Murphy all playing main characters. Also, the soundtrack is by Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, and Blondie's Deborah Harry plays the protagonist's lesbian neighbor.
I thought that this movie was a good portrayal of the bizarre and incomprehensible world of drugs. There are no inhibitions, principles or limits. For instance, there are some pretty in-your-face bondage scenes and great hallucinations presented through cartoons (sometimes erotic cartoons). The cinematography was my favorite thing about the entire movie. I loved how the camera took you inside the peoples' minds. The whole mood of the movie changes with each character's view of life.
I fell madly in love with many actors after having seen this movie. Jason Schwartzman, for instance, has gained my approval as an actor now. He did an exceptional job in this movie as a junkie who lets himself fall deeper and deeper into Crystal Meth addiction as his life "spins" out of control (hence the title, I suppose). As for Suvari's character, Cookie, she grossed me out. Honestly, by the end of the movie, I could not stand her anymore. The character was the junkie girlfriend of the drug dealer (John Leguizamo) and you get to watch her chewing gum compulsively and then interrupting sex with her boyfriend to take a constipated dump, which you actually see as it plops into the toilet water. That's exactly what I meant by the movie has "no inhibitions." Plus, I hear that the characters are based on reality. Creepy? Indeed.
I really did love this movie and have seen it twice already, but I couldn't give it more than a 7/10. Acting, plot and visual added together creates a pretty good movie but not something I imagine most people, or myself, sitting through multiple times.
The cast is pretty all-star, with Mena Suvari, Patrick Fugit, Mickey Rourke and Brittany Murphy all playing main characters. Also, the soundtrack is by Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, and Blondie's Deborah Harry plays the protagonist's lesbian neighbor.
I thought that this movie was a good portrayal of the bizarre and incomprehensible world of drugs. There are no inhibitions, principles or limits. For instance, there are some pretty in-your-face bondage scenes and great hallucinations presented through cartoons (sometimes erotic cartoons). The cinematography was my favorite thing about the entire movie. I loved how the camera took you inside the peoples' minds. The whole mood of the movie changes with each character's view of life.
I fell madly in love with many actors after having seen this movie. Jason Schwartzman, for instance, has gained my approval as an actor now. He did an exceptional job in this movie as a junkie who lets himself fall deeper and deeper into Crystal Meth addiction as his life "spins" out of control (hence the title, I suppose). As for Suvari's character, Cookie, she grossed me out. Honestly, by the end of the movie, I could not stand her anymore. The character was the junkie girlfriend of the drug dealer (John Leguizamo) and you get to watch her chewing gum compulsively and then interrupting sex with her boyfriend to take a constipated dump, which you actually see as it plops into the toilet water. That's exactly what I meant by the movie has "no inhibitions." Plus, I hear that the characters are based on reality. Creepy? Indeed.
I really did love this movie and have seen it twice already, but I couldn't give it more than a 7/10. Acting, plot and visual added together creates a pretty good movie but not something I imagine most people, or myself, sitting through multiple times.