shady character crosses his own path more than once in Lynch-meets-Memento style
Yes, I'm a sucker for film noir and this film visually stood up to the job. The genre allows, almost demands, scenes and drama that you do not completely understand at the beginning. This film though, revelled in repeating the exact same scenes, supposedly adding another layer (two, three!) of meaning and understanding. It stopped the story from going forwards, and the short dense lines, typical to the genre, became boring.
Film noir doesn't have to be about character arcs (...) or portraying the suffering of humankind (one human and his friend Jack will usually do) but it needs advancing elements. This broken-record idea, "accented" too heavily by actual vinyl, became tedious.
I better watch "Dark City" or "Renaissance" again (note to self: how does "Clementine's Last Breath" hold up to this?)
Rating: 6
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