Review of Youth Without Youth (2007) by Trailesque — 18 May 2018

I stumbled across this FF Coppola film while trying to check out some of his post Godfather works. This has some of the qualities of a cult classic without question. It is arresting, it is weird, it is pretentious .

. . woo boy, it is really something, but I hesitate to call it good. Based on a story by the Romanian philosopher Eliade, it concerns a man (played by Tim Roth) who, after being struck by lightning while on his way to commit suicide, begins to grow steadily younger.

(This idea has been worked on in other movies, like the Benjamin Button tale.) Then the narrative spirals out of control, with Nazi pursuers, Indian mysticism, long lost languages, romantic passion, and the quest for the root of human communications all playing parts.

The series of stunning images kept me from walking away. It was a viewing experience I won't forget any time soon.