... and of course the original film, Alejandro Amenabar's Open Your Eyes! What about this ... even Vanilla Sky, though beaten by critics and still more from the public, is one of the films that I can not exclude those among my favorite ... The nice big face of Tom Cruise stands on the wall of my room ... A
surreal film, made very well and a photograph of Oscar to say the least.
The plot, basically modeled verbatim from the original English film, enriches this remake of situations and images, surreal moments, scenes suspended between dream and reality, between asleep and waking up (the opening scene in a deserted Times Square is phenomenal) , between life and death, between doubts and shadows that will be clarified only in the surprising final from the top of a skyscraper, under a vanilla sky Monet style ...
life mingles with dreams, the unconscious and the subconscious mind of the protagonist materialize, life becomes a nightmare ...
The viewer is constantly lost and only the end pieces of the puzzle fits, images are clarified, the characters are revealed, and a final flight circle.
The confused and mixed reorganize themselves and find their location. Nothing is left to chance.
And guess who gives the lost Tom Cruise (ever so nice, even if disfigured and under a mask for much of the film) an initial explanation? The Divine Tilda Swinton, release manager of a multinational agency very particular, and the center of the story ....
Every minute that passes is an opportunity to completely revolutionize everything ...
A hypnotic film, full of details, full of references to music, film, images, intertwined with different narrative levels (or should I say FUSI) with each other, unsettling and require a second viewing to be able to enjoy it properly.
The cast is exceptional, as well as Tom's Penelope Cruz (in the same role as open your eyes), Cameron Diaz ("the saddest woman I have ever held in the hand in Martini," "bad" but initiation of the whole affair) and the immense Kurt Russell (who was also a role in "pending" and clarified at the end).
The soundtrack is terrific, not to remove more from the stereo, with pieces of REM, Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Jeff Buckley, Sigur Ros, Chemical Brothers .... And Cameron Diaz! Yeah, the soundtrack is the song sung by I fall apart some Julianna Gianni ... What is none other than the fact Diaz (who in his film called Julianna - Julie - Gianni and shows precisely the cover of Tom Cruise's Solo asked to comment on this song!).
The final scenes, to the tune of Njosnavelin (The Nothing Song), while Tom says to Penelope:
"We'll see when we have two cats" do not forget.
Just open your eyes and do not settle for a lucid dream ...
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