The previous reviewer forgot to mention the connections to the Thomas Pynchon novel "The Crying of Lot 49" which is an excellent read. Although the two have no plot material in common, the names of corporations and characters in the film are an obvious homage to the one of the writer's finest works.
This film is hamstrung by poor sound quality, which makes it a bit of a challenge to watch. The nature of its humor (multi-layered and quite subtle) when combined with the slushy sound virtually guaranteed that it would fail in the theatre, but if released today might have made up the difference in DVD sales. I have seen the film probably 20 times and still notice new little tidbits of humor (hidden by the subtlety, not the sound). Lithgow is magnificent in it, Weller plays the cool guy to the hilt, and the surrounding cast is just a hoot. One of them just showed up on "Lost" which really pleased me as I hadn't seen him in other rolls in years.
Buckaroo Bonzai is like the TV show Firefly -- if you're a fan you almost feel like a member of a fraternity or club. There's an inside edge to it that gets you excited when you run into a fellow Bonzai fan -- all the more intriguing because you get to compare notes on any jokes you may have missed.
This film is just perfect for NetFlix. Request it, keep it for a month, and watch it four Friday nights in a row. You won't be disappointed.
Sag.
This film is hamstrung by poor sound quality, which makes it a bit of a challenge to watch. The nature of its humor (multi-layered and quite subtle) when combined with the slushy sound virtually guaranteed that it would fail in the theatre, but if released today might have made up the difference in DVD sales. I have seen the film probably 20 times and still notice new little tidbits of humor (hidden by the subtlety, not the sound). Lithgow is magnificent in it, Weller plays the cool guy to the hilt, and the surrounding cast is just a hoot. One of them just showed up on "Lost" which really pleased me as I hadn't seen him in other rolls in years.
Buckaroo Bonzai is like the TV show Firefly -- if you're a fan you almost feel like a member of a fraternity or club. There's an inside edge to it that gets you excited when you run into a fellow Bonzai fan -- all the more intriguing because you get to compare notes on any jokes you may have missed.
This film is just perfect for NetFlix. Request it, keep it for a month, and watch it four Friday nights in a row. You won't be disappointed.
Sag.
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