One of the major reasons I love "Blade Runner" is the soundtrack, the music, composed by Vangelis. (who also did the music for "Chariots of Fire"). I loved "Witness" and "Dead Poets Society" also for the music composed by Maurice Jarre. "Love Lies Bleeding," the music crafted by Clint Mansell (who has worked on the films of Darren Aronofsky) has brought the spirit of these two composers to his work. Mansell has channeled the zeitgeist of the 1980s and pumped into his score like a weightlifter pumps iron - it's muscled and yet feminine. Which brings me to the subject matter of this film, muscled and feminine. Katy O'Brian plays Jackie, a she hulk who dreams of competing and winning a body building competition in Vegas. Along the way she meets and falls in love with gym manager, Lou (Kristen Stewart). Jackie also lands a job with Lou's dad (Ed Harris - who resembles Cousin Itt crossed with Uncle Fester, or maybe the Crypt-Keeper with really long hockey hair). Lou Sr. is a bad dude with a ravine full of dead bodies and has the FBI sniffing around like dogs hearing a cheese slice being unwrapped. Director and co-writer Rose Glass has crafted a film noir thriller that resembles something like a Coen Brothers film but add in a touch of magic realism - it's film-arty and I dug it. "Pain is just weakness leaving the body" Get pumped to see this excellent film now in theatres.
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