On the Road to Nowhere in Down-and-Out America
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
Filmed mostly in winter, in browns, grays and soiled whites, “Sleepwalking” sustains a mood of unrelenting bleakness, wearing its aesthetic of desolation like a badge of integrity. Integrity and quality, unfortunately, are not synonymous. “Sleepwalking” may linger in downscale territory where few movies — even indies — dare to tread, but it has far too many flaws to make it a likely candidate for awards consideration. And isn’t that kind of recognition the only commercial hope for gloomy kitchen-sink dramas?
Set in northern California and Utah but filmed in Saskatchewan, the movie, directed by William Maher from a screenplay by Zac Stanford (“The Chumscrubber”), evokes a depressed environment of ugly, cramped apartments and flimsy shacks, junk furniture, muddy backyards and chain-link fences. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (4179 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 14 Marzo 2008
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