The Beast

Experimental but beautiful. I loved the dolls of each period: from inanimate, to animate, to human-like companions.

Halfway through; I feel like I've seen everything before in this multi era sci-fi dystopia existential ponderings romance costume drama, though possibly never this stylish. This is like one of those high end fashion brand shorts that are deep if you live in a lifestyle magazine. Except long and slow because long is refined and slow is artistic. Shortly after; Is this [spoiler]the monologue by that incel dude that killed a lot of people[/spoiler]? Will it go somewhere interesting? Maybe there is a reason that cineast people hype it after all. Nah, not really. Another stylish environment and a dip into the edgy with some TRVE POSTMODERN reference dropping that devolves into media art and then of course we're back into the Alphaville Matrix for the finale. I wish there was as much energy put into substance and maybe some originality as there was in scenography and repetitive foreshadowing. But really, there wasn't. I think my original association to fashion mags holds up. The print is colourful and the finish is glossy but the text is recycled fluff and despite the thickness of the magazine the paper is still thin as could be.