Year: 2010
Directors: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Writers: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
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Review by: Bob Doto
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
The Sentimental Engine Slayer by Omar Rodriguez Lopez is about a young boy named Barlam whose inability to connect with the conventions of the world throws him (and us) into a morass of noisy disjunction complete with smashed crucifixes and bludgeoned cross-dressers. And yet, even though I found the film to be somewhat expectable, and by the hour mark I was checking my watch, in the end Lopez had won over me over. The Sentimental Engine Slayer is a pretty decent romp.
I have to admit, I had intended to dislike this film from start to finish. I’ve known Lopez’s work since “Lopez” was “Omar,” from the beginnings of the At the Drive In (his first “super band”) days, and have always found his stuff to be postured a great...
Directors: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Writers: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Bob Doto
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
The Sentimental Engine Slayer by Omar Rodriguez Lopez is about a young boy named Barlam whose inability to connect with the conventions of the world throws him (and us) into a morass of noisy disjunction complete with smashed crucifixes and bludgeoned cross-dressers. And yet, even though I found the film to be somewhat expectable, and by the hour mark I was checking my watch, in the end Lopez had won over me over. The Sentimental Engine Slayer is a pretty decent romp.
I have to admit, I had intended to dislike this film from start to finish. I’ve known Lopez’s work since “Lopez” was “Omar,” from the beginnings of the At the Drive In (his first “super band”) days, and have always found his stuff to be postured a great...
- 4/27/2010
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