Resurrection

David Lynch often spoke about films as dreams. Resurrection is all about dreams. The main character is, the Dreamer, who time travels through different periods of what could be described as film history. The opening, set in the silent film era, (think Guy Madden) quickly morphs into a Frankenstein-meets-The Wizard of Oz poppy dreamscape. There are five such episodes, each which their own story and artistic sensibility. Monsters and midgets bring us to the magical, where a bloody tooth in a snowball can turn into an imp. Terry Gilliam would be delighted, I'm sure. There is a section which feels akin to Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon, where we have a card hustler perpetrating scams with a young boy. And there is a one-shot (think  Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman) Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann-style) love story. The visuals in the film are simply fascinating and fantastic. This is a visual buffet of all things celluloid. Director Bi Gan has made an extraordinary work. If there is a criticism, it's that these pieces are supposed to link together, but they don't - but they do in dream logic. Dream logic goes from one thing to a completely different thing, and in that magical world, it's perfectly sensible. This only appeared for a single screening at the Mayfair last year. Hopefully in will come back to theatres. One of the most interesting art films of last year. You can find it now streaming on the Criterion channel and you can rent it from Movies 'N Stuff.