Review of On the Silver Globe (1989) by Aaron W — 03 Jan 2009
What could've been one of the greatest science fiction epics of all time is marred by its incompleteness. I must say that this is the first film of Zulawski's that I've been mildly disappointed in.
It's not bad by any means. The photography is amazing and the insanity level on this one is satisfyingly high. Unfortunately there were large portions of this which were quite boring only in that the lost scenes would seem to have provided a better understanding of some of the characters.
Honestly, I lost track of who some of the people were, so when they started giving long-winded ten-minute philosophical monologues, writhing in good 'ol Zulawski fashion, I found it hard to care. This isn't Zulawski's fault, of course, I have total confidence that had the film been completed and had 40% of the footage not been destroyed by the communist Polish government, this would've been the five hour masterpiece that it was meant to be.
As it is, however, the film lacks any shred of what could be called coherence. Again, this isn't a bad film and it's certainly worth a watch, and maybe another watch sometime to see if I can figure out anything about what the hell is going on, but it is as of now my least favorite of Zulawski's work.
This review of On the Silver Globe (1989) was written by Aaron W on 03 Jan 2009.
On the Silver Globe has generally received very positive reviews.
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