Mr. Nobody

April 28, 2011

Mr. Nobody

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2011 Fans of experimental cinema that have a spare 2:19 might want to absorb this gorgeously filmed, intricately detailed effort by Belgian filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Others, well… It’s nothing if not all-inclusive, invoking concepts from the butterfly effect to quantum physics, parallel worlds, alternate realities, divergences within divergences, […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on April 2011

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Fans of experimental cinema that have a spare 2:19 might want to absorb this gorgeously filmed, intricately detailed effort by Belgian filmmaker Jaco Van Dormael. Others, well… It’s nothing if not all-inclusive, invoking concepts from the butterfly effect to quantum physics, parallel worlds, alternate realities, divergences within divergences, and the Cartesian concept that choosing not to choose is still a choice. A synopsis is not possible. Jared Leto does an amazing job playing a dozen variations on his title character. By the end, it’s not as deep as it thinks it is, but every bit as opaque.

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