Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

Subject: Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:30 pm

Wristcutters: A Love Story

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Quote :: Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope.

One of the best films I've seen, lately! Sort of an afterlife-roadmovie-dramedy, with really nice characters. Eugene is based on the singer of the band Gogol Bordello, whose music you can hear in the film, and Kneller is played by Tom Waits, the man who I, as I've probably said before, want to be when I grow up. Also, on a side note: Shannyn Sossamon is really quite pretty, which only adds to the overall experience. Smile