No. 54 (2019) Under The Silver Lake June 15th.

Film No 54 (2019) June 15th.  10:00 AM  LUNA PALACE Leederville. 

"Our world is filled with codes, subliminal messages from Silver Lake to the Hollywood Hills". (Another piece of advice issued to Sam as he scrambles to uncover the mystery of the disappearing Sarah).

This surreal mystery feature will have you less on the edge of you seat than questioning the fact that although your seat might feel like a seat it may be a representation of something else. Not even I know what I mean, but this is the state of mind writer/director David Robert Mitchell has left me in after spending 2 hours enveloped in UTSL. Andrew Garfield plays a late twenties slacker, Sam, obsessed with glossy 50's cinema and the beauty of the female form. So when the object of his desires Sarah (Riley Keough), Marilyn Monroe beauty spot and all, fleetingly fulfills all his awkward desires, then disappears as suddenly as she appeared, Sam is convinced he's embroiled in a Hitchcockian mystery. A mystery, maybe only he or Cary Grant could solve. Mitchell then takes Sam on a surreal headf*ck of an adventure which may or may not be in the real world. Sorry if all this is confusing; I was confused by Sam's journey thus the film's narrative is never satisfying, but the visuals particularly each headf*ck moment are worth indulging in. Cinematographer Michael Gioulakis is the likely star of this dreamscape production. Silver Lake is impossible to recommend but there are mesmerising moments. Oh, and if you aspire to be a cinematographer of note, then don't miss it. 7GUMS.