ies will have faded into obscurity.
The score by Disasterpeace is
beautifully dark and lush, evok-
ing Blue Velvet era David Lynch,
as does Mike Gioulakis’s cinema-
tography, which makes innocuous
suburban streets seem sinister,
and Mitchell’s eerie habit of dis-
solving out of a scene a few sec-
onds before the point other film-
makers would cut it. On the other
hand, I only laughed once (Sam
physically beating the lard out of
a pair of bratty kids), so comedy
clearly isn’t Mitchell’s strong point.
I have a feeling I may return
to Under the Silver Lake in a
decade or so and smack myself
for not recognizing its true genius,
but today, in 2019, it’s merely a
commendable failure, probably
the best bad movie you’ll see
all year. I can’t wait to see what
Mitchell does next.
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Under the Silver Lake
3 stars out of 5
Directed by: David Robert Mitchell
Starring: Andrew Garfield,
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Riley Keough, Topher Grace,
Riki Lindhome, Callie Hernandez,
Zosia Mamet, Grace Van Patten
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