Gerry

Aroview: A stark return to experimentalism for dir. Van Sant, in the form of a narrative about two friends, both named Gerry (Damon and Affleck), whose hiking expedition into the American desert turns progressively sour.

Using the powers of suggestion - via music, visuals, improvised acting and the absence of any obvious narrative - over other filmic methods, this will delight those on the lookout for something challenging, as the film increasingly seems to resolve into various 'meta-narratives' about itself.

Certainly a film to ponder at length - the lovingly filmed parched landscapes at least providing an easy resting place for the eyes, as the mind wanders with the protagonists in vaguely-spiralling circles...

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