unclefugly
this movie is 1/4 '21 grams', 1/2 'inland empire', 1/3 'two moon junction', and another 81% of 'pump up the volume'!!! a semi-truck armed to the teeth with machine-gun toting babes barrels through LA while a beatnik, pirate radio DJ (who's blind!!!) spins yarns about, in no particular order, a soft-core actor squeezing lotion over some boobs, a 'beautiful Asian man' engaging in the most poorly choreographed knife-fight i've ever seen, and the time a man was accosted in a public restroom by some girls who wanted nothing more than to shave his bare ass oh so sensually. oh, and there's a yodeling interlude. i swear to god i'm not making this up.i've seen this movie twice now, and i'm still not sure if it's the worst movie i've ever seen or the greatest artistic statement of the 21st century. flash-forwards, flashbacks, intertwining monologues... you keep waiting for it to somehow add up, but it never does! is this the result of poor screen writing or a tacit statement about the phantasm of consciousness in a post-modern, technologically driven world? hell if i know! boobies!
scorpioprimus
I am not a follower of the Red Shoe Diaries, so I didn't have expectations in watching this movie. That said, this has to rate as one of the better movies I have seen in recent months. It can best be described, I think, as an erotic film noir. As another reviewer commented, the sex scenes are not gratuitous but integral to the plot, with one or two minor exceptions. The protagonist DJ spins various stories of love, passion, betrayal, & self-discovery, and it soon becomes clear she is central to one of the stories. All of her tales connect in a dramatic flashback scene which drives the entire movie. The movie then flows to a conclusion that is completely unexpected, yet not totally far-fetched. There are plot holes, and parts where the viewer's suspension of disbelief gets stretched pretty thin, but for the most part this is an enjoyable and wild ride. I heartily recommend it.
elohman
The scenario of this film - different stories showing the aspects of a personality - in combination with good sound usage give this film a very fluid and attractive presentation.Sweet inviting voices give the idea that your conscience is guided to the next part of the story - in an attractive way.Trauma is hidden in the story. It comes out when the father of the main character surrenders to his daughter's neediness. Father murdered her mother and that had been at the root of his daughter's pain. She did not know he murdered her mother and her doubt made her want the answer. The way the neediness of his daughter came to him is done with an original approach : an illegal radio station.I reviewed the film several times and every time i liked it better.
Sam-285
If you desire the philosophy and run-on sentences typical of Zalman King flicks, then this movie will likely be a powerful indulgence of that desire. If you want to see beautiful women, then this movie is a good one. If you expect to see naked women typical of Zalman King flicks, then this movie will disappoint you.The majority of the movie consists of dribble from a couple of woman radio personalities. It is provided in the low, mildly delimited run-on sentences that I have difficulty concentrating on. Many of the women are very pretty, especially the immensely sexy Jaqueline Lovell, but guys are not likely to see them the way they expect to considering this is a Zalman King flick.
AD
