Thursday, January 19, 2006

Holy Smoke (Jane Campion, 1999)

Many interesting details, a great sense of color, an intriguin setting, but the overall story is simply not that interesting. A couple of excentric people following their own passions that leave us indifferent. They are both curiously devoid of any interiority, which is only born by the sense of the social. Maybe it depicts well the shallowness of the people who falls for the cult of any kind. The most memorable moment is when Kate Winslet pees standing, naked, in the desert. That's also a turning point in their relationship. From one cult to the other.