The gifted auteur’s new film is ambitious and full of potential but ultimately feels pasted together with nothing stronger than unadulterated optimism.
A major hazard in the film-making career of any gifted auteur is the offer to direct a blockbuster.and Zhao’shave their defenders, no one could describe their reception as rapturous. Now it’s Jordan Peele’s turn to be judged for his handling of a sizeable chunk of money.$US68 million production cost is not in the Marvel class, but it’s a big leap from the $US4.
We return later to this moment. Meanwhile, Peele takes us west to the Haywood Ranch, where its owners, the Haywood family, train horses to be used in movies. Watched by his son, OJ , the Haywood patriarch is exercising one of these horses when he’s thrown from the saddle and killed by something fired from above.
The UFO’s next victims are the customers of Jupiter’s Claim, a neighbouring Western theme park run by Ricky Park , whose childhood memories of his life as a young television star gradually explain the opening scene. Ricky’s psychological hangover from this is still with him, ready to be worked into a plot strand condemning Hollywood’s egregious reputation for exploiting its youngest stars. Its relevance to the rest of the plot, however, remains one of the film’s many mysteries.
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