Feeling ill today and the best thing I could have done was curl up and watch this great 80's nihilistic incest drama. The film is a car crash of failed lives, family dysfunction, grief and futility which culminates in an event suggesting that sometimes trauma cannot be overcome but only destroyed by something equally as catastrophic. The cast are magnificent - displaying vulnerability, anger and a complex understanding of self loathing with Hopper's character in particular seemingly inviting us to gaze upon his self destruction as life and art somewhat merge as one. Bolstered too by a great soundtrack, this is an edgy 80's movie that offers no easy answers and seems effortlessly ahead of it's time.
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