Dream Scenario (2023)
This film had the lovely vibe of trippy original concept films that we see too rarely these days. In a similar vein to Being John Malkovich, Adaptation. or Birdman. Happy to see Nicolas Cage having a resurgence in his career showing he has proper range after many years in subpar movies. It starts as a quirky odd situation and turns into a terrible nightmare. Cage delivers and the awkward unconformable humor is spot on. I am sure everything here is one giant metaphor and analogy, likely for the price of fame, but the movie works well enough just on its surreal concept and storyline. That may also be were it is lacking, because I really don’t think it says much about anything other than pretty mundane points about guilt and fame. The execution of the style and humor alone is worth watching though - in glorious 16mm of all things!
Rating: 4