First, "Jacket" (film), the audience reviews sayabout it unanimously, reminds the creation of Mathieu Kassovits "Gothic" (and several more similar thriller films about mental hospitals or the mentally ill), after - David Lynch's "Highway to Nowhere" (also shot by Peter Deeming) Cronenberg, and at the climax of the final episode, it seems that this is the real Frank Capra.
Thriller-horror entourage
Reviews on the film "Jacket" by John Maybury with allthriller-horror entourage call it romantic and even fabulous, like “Shine”. It is almost as formally deliberately fantastic as the brainchild of E. Bresse and J. M. Gruber's Butterfly Effect. But his charisma and strength lie somewhat beyond the scope of acting or the adventurous sloppiness of the psychiatric bias of both films. Adrien Brody (as noted by reviews and reviews of the film "Jacket") is an extremely charismatic actor, and a considerable amount of detective intrigue is present in the script, but the power of the picture is in serious tragedy, in real, on the verge of hysteria, genuine emotions.
Plot
Story narrative is extremely confusing.It is recommended to watch closely the film "Jacket". The description of the film reads - during a military operation codenamed "Storm in the Desert" in 1992, Jack Starks miraculously remains alive - an Iraqi boy shot him almost point-blank. After returning, Jack is diagnosed with permanent amnesia, which is not so bad, given that he could not survive. 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. Jack has no evidence of his innocence. The last memory remains a 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 healing techniques.mentally ill people who do not at all correspond to the Hippocratic Oath. Jack is injected with drugs and locked up at night in a cell - a mortuary cell. This therapy contributes to the destruction of the brain. Being in this camera in a straitjacket, Starks is physically or mentally transferred to the future, in 2007, where he meets by chance with an adult Jackie. After visiting his own grave, Jack tries to make a difference in the present and the past.
Two reasons
Interest in a film may arise at least for two reasons:
- The film is a producer project of the studio of George Clooney and Stephen Soderberga.
- The project director Englishman John Maybury became known to the general public after the release of the aesthetic biopic “Love is the Devil” about the original artist Francis Bacon.
In addition to these motives,to take into account the everlasting fashion in the film industry for films about time travel, a wonderful and professional acting ensemble and a challenging endless desire to see the denouement of the intrigue of cinema.
Not at all "beautiful far." Reviews about ….
The film "Jacket" by John Maybury is uniquelystands out among the impressive flow of paintings, the plot of which is dedicated to traveling to the beautiful far. The thought movements of the main character Jack Starks are, rather, a metaphysical character. And the reason is not even that until the very climax the question of the nature of the character’s vision remains open (you shouldn’t disregard the very drugs that the Iraqi war veteran is injected before each teleportation), but, most likely, in the atmosphere of the film, distant from established and generally accepted canons of science fiction.
Fight madness
In literal translation, the original titlepaintings "The Jacket" - "Jacket". Movie reviews are more likely to be called “straitjackets,” it was she who was put on before the next night's test of Starks. And this is right, because ultimately the story of the struggle of the main character with his own madness unfolds before the viewer. Maybury's previous work helps to better tie together everything that happens on the screen, with the meaning and moral promise that the author tries to “voice” in his film. Expect a cool story from a student and follower of Derek Jarman is definitely not worth it.
John Maybury decisively expandsHollywood Movie Mainstream. Insignificant details at first glance, work with actor casting (it is worth mentioning Daniel Craig, who brilliantly managed to embody the image of McKenzie - a good-natured psycho), the visuals. In addition to the above, the spectacular atmosphere is supported by the camera of Peter Deming and the sound from Brian Eno. Peaceful and protracted in their static-lyrical sound, and then insane, dramatic, sharp and steep. At the same time, the visual solution and music from the first minutes of timekeeping do not try to please everyone, but they ideally fit into the outline of the director's ideas. "Jacket" (film) reviews rank in the category of not entertaining cinema, but refer to those exceptions in the film industry, which lead to thoughtful perception.
Stupid genre production
Skillful combination of all of the abovecomponents constitute a bold genre production, which in the period of glossy standard disposable tapes a la Hollywood arouses genuine interest and admiration. "Jacket" (film) reviews are called a bold experiment, because he throws off the fanciful genre chains and rejects Hollywood predestination. Strange, but it is not stated anywhere that the basis of the tape is based on the motifs of the work of Jack London called “The Star Wanderer,” which tells about a prisoner in prison who once got the opportunity to move in different time periods.
Inexpressible pleasure
"Jacket" - an unusual and stunning film,This philosophical and mystical drama, full of deep meaning thriller about the possibilities of choosing life options, meaning, a tape about death and the unrepeating value of every past moment. For the sake of justice, it should be mentioned that the optimistic finale nevertheless gives the spectator a share of hope after all the madness and the search for truth. If you accept the proposal of the creators and fully get into the image, try to shove yourself in a jacket / straitjacket in oppressive darkness, then the indescribable pleasure of watching a movie to the viewer is guaranteed.
