I never realized how much I needed to see a sex scene between Toby McGuire and a mannequin until it happened to me.
Others fall short in recognizing for what Spoils of Babylon really is. Contentions are held that it is satire. It is not. What Eric Johnson set out to and did create is art. Artistic expression that grips the very soul.
Will you laugh? Here or there. Will you cry? Undoubtedly not.
Will you be under siege by a constant barrage of excess and absurdity? If you a true connoisseur of film, yes. Eric Johnson has been able to marry the beautiful and stylistic cinematography of Wes Anderson with the subject matter of pointless undriven melodrama. Between surreal sets and actual sets, the piece juxtaposes the power of a well financed production with the uninhibited imagination of a man not swayed by the ires of time. So great was his commitment to his art that he waited thirty years to procure the funds required to, without adulteration, produce the work.
Do not be mistaken: this film is not designed to entertain you. This film is designed to realize a vision. A vision of author Eric Johnson, now a tangible thing--something that others can participate in. It is an invitation to live in the mind of another individual. An intimate exploration of what it means to dream. Watch Spoils of Babylon if you wish to be transported to another world: the world of Eric Johnson.
Others fall short in recognizing for what Spoils of Babylon really is. Contentions are held that it is satire. It is not. What Eric Johnson set out to and did create is art. Artistic expression that grips the very soul.
Will you laugh? Here or there. Will you cry? Undoubtedly not.
Will you be under siege by a constant barrage of excess and absurdity? If you a true connoisseur of film, yes. Eric Johnson has been able to marry the beautiful and stylistic cinematography of Wes Anderson with the subject matter of pointless undriven melodrama. Between surreal sets and actual sets, the piece juxtaposes the power of a well financed production with the uninhibited imagination of a man not swayed by the ires of time. So great was his commitment to his art that he waited thirty years to procure the funds required to, without adulteration, produce the work.
Do not be mistaken: this film is not designed to entertain you. This film is designed to realize a vision. A vision of author Eric Johnson, now a tangible thing--something that others can participate in. It is an invitation to live in the mind of another individual. An intimate exploration of what it means to dream. Watch Spoils of Babylon if you wish to be transported to another world: the world of Eric Johnson.