Joko Anwar's newest film features a cabin in the woods, but otherwise bears no resemblance to anything coming out of Hollywood. Modus Anomali is a confounding, mystifying experience that initially feels like a minimalist exercise, an identity crisis both for the lead character and the filmmaker. And then it revolves into a true head-scratcher, a picture that definitely belongs in the 'Wtf' horror sub-genre. Though I have yet to catch up with Anwar's first feature, Janji Joni, I have seen Dead Time: Kala and The Forbidden Door, which are both heavily-stylized, wildly colorful, and "trippy" in the best sense of the word. Kala, especially, left me in the dark; I couldn't always figure out what was going on, story-wise, but I didn't especially care:...
- 3/12/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Indonesian director Joko Anwar - a great favorite in these parts for his films Kala and Janji Joni - has just wrapped principal photography on his latest film, a dark thriller titled The Forbidden Door and what’s a guy to do to celebrate a thing like that? Release a new poster and a fresh batch of stills, of course. That’s the poster to the left and we’ve got the stills - fantastic, every one of them - in the gallery linked below.
A successful sculptor whose life run by domineering wife and mother discovers a secret organization in which members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in the town which are fed from hidden cameras. When he stumbles upon a channel showing a little boy who’s being viciously abused by a crazy couple, he tries to find the kid to save him. But...
A successful sculptor whose life run by domineering wife and mother discovers a secret organization in which members can watch the lives of most dysfunctional, depraved families in the town which are fed from hidden cameras. When he stumbles upon a channel showing a little boy who’s being viciously abused by a crazy couple, he tries to find the kid to save him. But...
- 10/21/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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