Review of I'm Still Here (2010) by Kase V — 16 Jun 2011
The real beauty of the film and what it's trying to accomplish doesn't seem to settle in until there's about 40 minutes left, in which most audiences will all but already have lost interest and/or respect.
'I'm Still Here' is a remarkable attempt of shredding down a celebrity at his height of fame and deconstructing the man that lies beneath. Phoenix shows extraordinary talent as an actor (if, in fact, he was acting) in a role that is close to revolutionary.
The haunting images of Phoenix's stolid face, with a cigarette and sunglasses, both which seem omnipresent throughout the film, serve as a brilliant way to show this man's loss of faith and comprehension in the world he is living in.
The glasses seem to hide the real man, the man we don't know. Is it all a hoax? Or is the hoax itself a hoax? I'm Still Here's problem is that it alienates its viewer far too easily with its unanswered questions and inconceivable point.
This review of I'm Still Here (2010) was written by Kase V on 16 Jun 2011.
I'm Still Here has generally received mixed reviews.
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