Review of Anonymous

Anonymous (I) (2004)
5/10
Awful, But kinda a unique vision....
6 March 2006
I hated Gus Van Sant once, until I stood back to see where he was coming from and where he was going. Verow sucks in many aspects of film making, but he is speaking some truth and under the bizarre cinematic masturbation (and that's literal in the case of this film) there is something special going on. This is not a great intro to Verow films. Frisk is much stronger and Once and Future Queen benefits from not starring him. If you're interested in what one potential of the Digital revolution might create, you have to see his work. Not great, but significant. I need more lines..... Um..Well, as guerrilla film-making goes, this guy is Che. The sex scene in the Movie theater bathroom made me squirm, and not in an erotic way. He hits a visceral nerve. The realism was almost too real and the line bwt film and life were so blurred it ventured into reality TV. That edge is desperately needed in "independent' film.
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