Post-traumatic syndrome with a sister associated She's not crazy.
- What about her, then?
- Demonished. The demon sits in it and tortures.
- That sounds kind of crazy. How do you know that?
- I know him personally.
- With whom?
- Yes, with that demon.
"Island", 2006, dir. P. Lungin
The effects of psychological trauma are not uncommon in film research. The body's reaction to stress, to an irritant. What are the risks of overload? Did your psyche work or did you fail? What protective mechanisms have been put in place? Is the hotbed of excitement extinguished? Have you been able to remain adequate? Did you come out of the shadow fight? Maybe a disability degree now determines your position in society?
Someone from childhood endures fears, clamps, phobias. Someone acquires in his youth from peers having suffered, having been abused, having fallen under the pressure of circumstances. Family collisions are also not uncommon for triggering a self-destructive mechanism. The army, again, is office idleness in building a career by provoking insanity. There are plenty of options. The plots can be used from any stairwell of an ordinary high-rise building. For a novel and two stories enough... Just keep writing down.
"Every time I die" is a psychological trap for a black young man. Every Time I Die is a thriller with a confusion of tropes in its own maze of consciousness. "Every Time I Die" is a director's puzzle with an attempt to delve into the world of mystical fantasy. Every time I die is an easy brain drain to the audience.
An intriguing beginning where Sam is in the misery of a splitting world perception. Pain stinging a brain prick. And activation without controlling the "Super-I" or just the "I" of one or another part of the cortex of the "head shell". Who and what comes to the fore? 'It'? And he controls? And dictates? And mixes the watercolor of perception? Maybe. Sigmund Freud needs to redirect these questions to his followers. They know. They think they know. By making a deal with each other. All we have to do is watch what happens. And wait for the final director's bell.
And everything would be so simple, and everything would be so clear if it weren't for one thing. The author decided not to be content with such platitudes as impending schizophrenia. "Sam's Tomb" is decided to deepen the flight of a restless soul. I will fly here like a butterfly, then I will break in there without any demand. This technique is quite unexpected. Is he engaging? Does it fuel interest in what is happening? Quite the opposite. Laying one on the other looks viscous, unconvincing, and even painful for perception. Having improved the plot design, giving it an additional drawing in the ornament, in my opinion, Roby Michael only distorted the already not the most spectacular still life. Strength, integrity lost. And the final thickener of scenes of explanation, absolutely does not strengthen this monument.
The cast, unfortunately, does not make the proper impression of the presence in the frame. There's no one to rest your eyes on. Male, female audience "plays" by three with a minus on the scale of school disciplines. Sluggish, damp, no light. "Heart of the Angel" in the distant 1987 in the similarity of the theme, just shocked. 'Ghost', three years later - stuck in memory for decades. What's here? And here, alas, alas, alas... Pity. And the beginning was encouraging.
4 out of 10