Review of Lunacy (2005) by Sanjid P — 16 Jan 2011
An insane portrayal of insanity that comes with bit of Gothic & art house treatment & plenty of surreal stop motion animations! The movie's basic premise concerns how best to run a lunatic asylumâ¦showcasing two approaches - absolute freedom versus control and punishment. And according to the Czech director Svankmajer, (who tells that at the very beginning of the film) there is a third way that manages to combine all the negative aspects of these two approaches and it is the reality we live in!
The animations cut in between scenes to help illustrate the progress of madness on screen. Crawling flesh or sometime as â~meat puppetsâ(TM), rolling eyeballs, tongues dancing in beer glassesâ¦all in all wonderfully contributed to the grotesque, surreal & satirical nature of the film.
This review of Lunacy (2005) was written by Sanjid P on 16 Jan 2011.
Lunacy has generally received positive reviews.
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