WARNING: *SPOILERS*
This is by far one of the weirdest films I've come across. It's understandable why people and critics hated this movie but I loved it all the way through.
Under the Silver Lake follows Sam, a man living in LA who meets this new girl living near his apartment. A day after meeting her she disappears, leading Sam on a quest to find her and manages to uncover many secrets and conspiracies along the way.
I love films that breaks the regular genre conventions and aims to be different than the rest. Under the Silver Lake is a prime example of this. This seems like a standard mystery film but the way director David Robert Mitchell helms this is totally different from any other mystery film out there. His previous film It Follows was also very confusing to general audience members but Mitchell becomes extremely bold here. The camerawork and music are brilliantly done and having the audience travel with Sam to different locations whilst meeting different people made the film really fun to watch. The humour was great and the whole noir style was entertaining. Andrew Garfield is phenomenal as Sam and Riley Keough does well for the short time she's in it.
I can fully understand how polarizing this film may be to audiences as it provides more questions than answers. The mystery of the Dog Killer and the Owl's Kiss are examples of questions that don't have answers and the ending will infuriate a lot of people because of how underwhelming it is but that's the point of the film. Mitchell subtly shows us how we, like Sam, try to find meaning in things are essentially meaningless. There doesn't have to be an explanation to everything. People will also complain about how sexualized women are throughout and say the film's sexist when it's clearly not. The film is commentating on how Hollywood exploits women and how they're being used for others' pleasure.
Under the Silver Lake is one of the most unique films I've seen and I'll definitely look forward to David Robert Mitchell's future work. This is a film that I believe people should watch multiple times as it helps get a better understanding of the film's themes and purpose. After watching it a few times it's insane to see how many details Mitchell has hidden within each frame. It shows his creativity as a writer and director. This won't be to everyone's liking but I think people should give it a shot and see which side they fall under.
This is by far one of the weirdest films I've come across. It's understandable why people and critics hated this movie but I loved it all the way through.
Under the Silver Lake follows Sam, a man living in LA who meets this new girl living near his apartment. A day after meeting her she disappears, leading Sam on a quest to find her and manages to uncover many secrets and conspiracies along the way.
I love films that breaks the regular genre conventions and aims to be different than the rest. Under the Silver Lake is a prime example of this. This seems like a standard mystery film but the way director David Robert Mitchell helms this is totally different from any other mystery film out there. His previous film It Follows was also very confusing to general audience members but Mitchell becomes extremely bold here. The camerawork and music are brilliantly done and having the audience travel with Sam to different locations whilst meeting different people made the film really fun to watch. The humour was great and the whole noir style was entertaining. Andrew Garfield is phenomenal as Sam and Riley Keough does well for the short time she's in it.
I can fully understand how polarizing this film may be to audiences as it provides more questions than answers. The mystery of the Dog Killer and the Owl's Kiss are examples of questions that don't have answers and the ending will infuriate a lot of people because of how underwhelming it is but that's the point of the film. Mitchell subtly shows us how we, like Sam, try to find meaning in things are essentially meaningless. There doesn't have to be an explanation to everything. People will also complain about how sexualized women are throughout and say the film's sexist when it's clearly not. The film is commentating on how Hollywood exploits women and how they're being used for others' pleasure.
Under the Silver Lake is one of the most unique films I've seen and I'll definitely look forward to David Robert Mitchell's future work. This is a film that I believe people should watch multiple times as it helps get a better understanding of the film's themes and purpose. After watching it a few times it's insane to see how many details Mitchell has hidden within each frame. It shows his creativity as a writer and director. This won't be to everyone's liking but I think people should give it a shot and see which side they fall under.