A symphonic tableau of aural and visual mastery that utilizes the loose narrative framework of a serial killer detective story to deliver a potent, intentionally abstract story of urban alienation, existential longing, and the fracturing of a psyche under the weight of such a barren metaphysical milieu. A stifling experience of suffocating stillness and unnerving, rigorously designed formal arrangements, Angel Dust is an impeccably directed film that manages to interrogate psychological coercion and the vast possibilities of outright subjugation when dealing with something as enigmatic and fragile as the human psyche. The labyrinthic nature of the mind, its power to manufacture reality but also its intrinsic fragility and potential for manipulation is a core component of Angel Dust, a film that wishes to emulate the enigmatic nature of our inner self through its storytelling. The confluence of the material and metaphysical planes of existence rest at the fulcrum of this story, and ultimately the filmmakers intentions lead to a sinister denouement, but one that manages to be incisive about objectivity vs. subjectivity. Our emotions while imperative to being human, are intrinsically manipulative. Whether we wish to admit it or not, reality itself is in the eye of the beholder.
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