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Old 10th January 2016, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs View Post
I've never sampled the source material of either so cannot comment, however speaking as someone who has seen weird films from all over the 'strangeness spectrum' PTA's methods of portraying the more bizarre aspects in his films felt like a sledgehammer to the skull at times. Like I say though, it could just be me (or the source material) rather than PTA himself.
Couldn't you level the same charge at David Lynch or David Cronenberg? Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, Dune, Lost Highway, Naked Lunch, Shivers, The Brood, Videodrome,, Scanners etc. are all 'weird' films.
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