"Jacket" (film): reviews and reviews

First, "Jacket" (the film), the reviews of the audience say this unanimously, recalls the creation of Mathieu Kassovitz "Gothic" (and a few more such thriller films about psychiatric or mentally ill), after - "The Road to Nowhere" by David Lynch (also shot by the operator Peter Diming), further - "Dead Zone" by David Cronenberg, and at the climax of the final episode it seems that this is a real Frank Capra.

Thriller-Horror Entourage

Reviews for the movie "Jacket" by John Maybury for all the thriller-horror entourage call it romantic and even fairy, like "Shine". He is almost as formally and deliberately fantastic as the child of E. Bresse and JM Gruber "The Butterfly Effect." But his charm and power lie somewhat outside the scope of acting or the adventurous sloppiness of the psychiatric bias of both films. Adrien Brody (as noted reviews and reviews on the film "Jacket") - the actor is extremely charismatic, and a large part of the detective intrigue in the script is present, but the power of the picture - in serious tragedy, in real, on the verge of hysteria, genuine emotions.

Plot

The narrative narrative is extremely complicated. It is recommended to watch carefully the film "Jacket". Description of the film says - during the military operation, code-named "Desert Storm" in 1992, Jack Starks miraculously remains alive - almost at close range shot an Iraqi boy. After returning from Jack diagnose permanent amnesia, which is not so bad, given that he could not survive at all. A few months later, the main character returns to his hometown. Starks has an attack of amnesia, after which he finds the body of a policeman. He has no proof of his innocence. The last memory remains the little girl Jackie and her mother, whom he helped to start the car. The hero is sent to a mental hospital, where he must under the supervision of Thomas Becker, the head physician, undergo treatment.

Dr. Becker practices his methods of healing the mentally ill, which do not at all correspond to the Hippocratic oath. Jack is injected with narcotic substances and locked up for the night in the cell - the cell of the morgue. Such therapy helps to destroy the brain. Being in this cell in a straitjacket, Starks is physically or mentally transferred to the future, in 2007, where he accidentally meets with an already grown-up Jackie. After visiting his own grave, Jack tries to change the situation in the present and the past.

Two reasons

Interest in the film may arise for at least two reasons:

1. The film is a production studio project by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh.
2. The director of the project, the Englishman John Maybery, became known to the general public after the release of the aesthetic biopic rent "Love is the Devil" about the original artist Francis Bacon.

In addition to these motivations, it is necessary to take into account the impassable fashion in the film industry for motion picture films , an excellent and professional acting ensemble, and an endless desire to see the denouement of cinema intrigue.

It is not "beautiful far". Reviews about ….

The film "Jacket" by John Maybury is clearly stand out among the impressive flow of paintings, the plot of which is dedicated to traveling to the beautiful far. The mental movements of the main character Jack Starks have, rather, a metaphysical character. And the reason is not even that, until the climax, the question of the nature of the character's visions remains open (one should not discount those drugs that the veteran of the war in Iraq are being introduced before each teleportation), but, most likely, in the atmosphere of the film, far From the established and generally accepted canons of film fantasy.

Fighting madness

In the literal translation of the original name of the picture "The Jacket" - "Jacket". Film reviews are more likely to be called a "straitjacket", it was worn before another nightly test for Starks. And this is correct, because in the end the story of the main character's struggle with his own madness unfolds in front of the spectator. Previous work of Maybury helps to better connect all that is happening on the screen, with the meaning and moral message that the author is trying to "voice" in his film. Expect the condom story from the disciple and follower of Derek Jarmen definitely not worth it.

John Maybery decisively expands the scope of the Hollywood film mainstream. Minor at first glance details, work with casting casting (it is worth mentioning Daniel Craig, who brilliantly managed to embody on the screen the image of McKenzie - good-natured psycho), a visual series. In addition to the above, the spectacular atmosphere is supported by Peter Deming's camera and the sound from Brian Eno. Peaceful and lingering in its static-lyrical sound, and after the mad, dramatic, sharp and steep. At the same time, the visual solution and musical accompaniment from the first minutes of the timing do not try to please everyone, but they perfectly fit into the canvas of the idea of the director. "Jacket" (film) reviews are elevated to the category of not entertaining movies, but are attributed to those exceptions in the film industry, which induce a thoughtful perception.

A clever genre staging

A skillful combination of all of the above components in the end is a bold genre staging, which during the period of glossy standard disposable tapes a la Hollywood is of genuine interest and admiration. "Jacket" (film) reviews call a bold experiment, because he throws off the pretentious genre of shackles and rejects Hollywood predetermination. Strangely, it is not indicated anywhere that the motifs of Jack London's work entitled "Star wanderer", which tells of a prisoner who once had the opportunity to move through different time periods, slip at the base of the tape.

An inexpressible pleasure

"Jacket" is an unusual and terrific film, a real philosophical and mystical drama full of a deep sense of the thriller about the possibilities of choosing life options, meaning, a tape about the death and the unrepeatable value of each lived moment. For the sake of justice, it should be mentioned that, nevertheless, an optimistic finale inspires the viewer with a share of hope after all the madness and the search for truth. If you accept the offer of the creators and fully get used to the image, try to shove yourself into the jacket / straitjacket in the oppressive darkness, then the indescribable pleasure of watching the movie is provided to the viewer.