saturday night rachel and i decided to have a "in" night. most of our weekends we are going out to shows. but since nothing we were interested in was playing we made fondue and watched a movie.
rachel uses netfilx and do to her past rentals netflix recommended "wristcutters-a love story".
plot:
after zia (patrick fugit) commits suicide by cutting his wrists, he finds himself in an afterlife limbo that is much the same as his former reality, just slightly worse. this strange realm is populated by people who have committed suicide, such as eugene (shae whigmam), a russian rocker who lives with his mother, father and brother (all suicide victims). eugene is partly based oneugene eugene hütz of the band gogol bordello, whose music features in the film as that recorded by character eugene's old band. he kills himself on stage by pouring a beer he is drinking ("dead guy ale", brewed by rogue brewing company) onto his guitar. together they waste most of their death in bars, until zia learns his ex-girlfriend has also committed suicide. he and eugene take to the road to find her, picking up hitchhiker mikal (shannyn sossamon) along the way. she insists there's been a mistake and she is seeking the "people in charge" in order to be sent back. this trio of lost souls forms an uncommon bond, road-tripping through the afterlife and meeting memorable characters including an undercover angel named kneller (tom waites).
i was really enjoying the movie, yet sitting there thinking "what"? after i wasn't sure i even liked the movie. however now that i feel like all the strangeness has sunk in, i really love this movie. i think i will make it part of my collection.
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