
Twisted, apocalyptic satire, THIS IS NOT A MOVIE envisions the end of the world through the bi-polar mind of a strung-out pop-culture addict. Starring Edward Furlong and Peter Coyote, with a jagged, atmospheric score from Slash.... (Full plot summary below)
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Twisted, apocalyptic satire, THIS IS NOT A MOVIE envisions the end of the world through the bi-polar mind of a strung-out pop-culture addict. Starring Edward Furlong and Peter Coyote, with a jagged, atmospheric score from Slash.
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| User Reviewcolin mThe first ten minutes you're wondering what the hell is going on but then all of a sudden you're hooked. Just another reason why Edward Furlong can make a movie amazing |
| User ReviewFilmGrinder S"A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. A psychotic is a guy who's just found out what's going on."-William S. Burroughs This film that is not a film, just wants you to slow down and think a little. While your using that slippery noodle, what does THX 1138, THE MATRIX and THIS IS NOT A MOVIE have in common? If you gave up, you need to read a book or something. Go ahead, break the rules. Gandi, Lennon, Malcome X, "Che", JFK, Lincoln, they all thought differnt and got killed for it. Bang, bang. So next time if you want to think differnt, think again. |
| User ReviewBrad HThe name said it all. This is not your typical movie, its something a lot of inpatient people (like my girlfriend) easily walked away from. If you're a fan of Furlong, you'll be amazed, even with the low budget this film has, and the little push it has received so far, Furlong's multiple myself's insanity in this film is just pure GOLD. It is a "mega-trip" of a movie, something that would make stoner's go into a zombie epileptic buzz that will have you hypnotized. But for somebody straight, like me, I can see the depth in the story line, it maybe "a movie" but it's one hell of a twist of an ending that made me applaud to the writers of this film. Overall, Epic job on all who worked on this film, If you are up for a mad conspiracy type film that you can keep up to detail with, you'll love this movie like I done did giggity goo. Thank You! |
| User ReviewLuis GThis movie falls short of it's aspirations. Having said that, it's a weird little wonderful movie. An almost perfectly undeveloped character, with no past, is thrown into his world with only one notion to hold on to, "the world is about to end". No wonder why he keeps repeating that same line over and over, like a mantra. It's a way to keep himself from accepting that he is not a full person, that the fact of the end of the world has no meaning because, since he, the protagonist, has no past, no world previous to his first appearance, the world does not really exists. It's a hallucination hallucinating. In that respect Pete could have been a nice image of humanity, obsessed with "the end", because of a lack of a sense of being. Some things, maybe a lot of things, could have been done better, in a more intelligent way. The nature of the end of the world was given undue weight at the end of the movie, and that weakens the movie as a whole, because it's strength was it's emptiness, it's a hollow world for a hollow character. The fact that the protagonist holds on to the idea of the end of the world that fiercely could have been the core for a very interesting character study. Instead I think in that respect they went the easy way out. |
| User ReviewAsdl TWell, it isn't Tarkovsky, ok, by any means. But, Edward Furlong looking like shit and all (namely: Olallo's -ironic?- showing of rather radiophonic/podcast narrative resources), I overall loved it...Guess it's just that I as well dig (poor) black humor and monological shitty fauxlosophy, alright. |
| User ReviewJoshua BThe name said it all. This is not your typical movie, its something a lot of inpatient people (like my girlfriend) easily walked away from. If you're a fan of Furlong, you'll be amazed, even with the low budget this film has, and the little push it has received so far, Furlong's multiple myself's insanity in this film is just pure GOLD. It is a "mega-trip" of a movie, something that would make stoner's go into a zombie epileptic buzz that will have you hypnotized. But for somebody straight, like me, I can see the depth in the story line, it maybe "a movie" but it's one hell of a twist of an ending that made me applaud to the writers of this film. Overall, Epic job on all who worked on this film, If you are up for a mad conspiracy type film that you can keep up to detail with, you'll love this movie like I done did giggity goo. Thank You! |
| User ReviewSonya WSlightly funny but mostly yawns and boredom.... |
| User ReviewBrian SSelf-indulgence revolving around a character from a script that a writer can't finish as he confronts the nature of his existence and impending non-existence. For the most part, it's a single character (Edward Furlong) in three different costumes arguing with himself and talking to the camera in a Las Vegas hotel room at The Apocalypse Casino. It makes the point about why "this is not a movie" blatantly, and it's right. It's also not very entertaining, not particularly clever, and not terribly worth watching unless you're a major Edward Furlong fan and/or suffering from ADD. The cinematography is interesting, so if that's REALLY important to you, you might want to skim through this one for the more interesting scenes. If none of the above applies to you, you probably won't find this a rewarding experience. |
| User ReviewGreg SOn the eve of the apocalypse a man checks into a Las Vegas hotel room where he converses with his alter egos, ghosts, and other mystical beings. It's hard to defend this movie against charges of pretension---the script seems like something a couple of sophomore English majors would come up with after a marathon session smoking some excellent sensi--but it is sincere, unpredictable, and there's not much else like it out there. |
| User ReviewGuillermo CWhy is Olallo Rubio so eager in making movies when he is just not meant for that? Maybe he'd be able to succeed if only he could manage to achieve something if only he was able to turn down the volume on his extremely radical and so-called-philosophical ramblings. |