An otherwise flimsy, and borderline incoherent narrative is buttressed by great visuals and devastatingly mournful narrations from the documentarian. This film's predecessor is the best drug film ever made, I say this as someone who was addicted to heroin for a decade, has a masters in counseling psychology with a focus on substance abuse, and a bachelors of arts in film. The first film's strongest strengths are its characters, the setting, and the raw authenticity of the drug use. Its sort of a lightning caught in a bottle scenario.
This film doesn't really have any interesting characters, theres actually more drug use and sex than in the original. The direct An otherwise flimsy, and borderline incoherent narrative is buttressed by great visuals and devastatingly mournful narrations from the documentarian. This film's predecessor is the best drug film ever made, I say this as someone who was addicted to heroin for a decade, has a masters in counseling psychology with a focus on substance abuse, and a bachelors of arts in film. The first film's strongest strengths are its characters, the setting, and the raw authenticity of the drug use. The first is sort of a lightning caught in a bottle scenario. This film lacks the humanity of the first one. There was an odd boisterous, almost bubbly element to Jani's personality. He was an optimist. The most heartbreaking part of that film is when Jani talks about his dream to just live on a farm with a wife and kids. This sequel has none of that.
Still I'd recommend it, its wild and surreal, and absolutely filthy.
Seriously this is one of the grimiest films I've ever seen, like almost troma quality but its all real.
I would have liked a more thorough dissection of what led Jani to hang himself.
This film doesn't really have any interesting characters, theres actually more drug use and sex than in the original. The direct An otherwise flimsy, and borderline incoherent narrative is buttressed by great visuals and devastatingly mournful narrations from the documentarian. This film's predecessor is the best drug film ever made, I say this as someone who was addicted to heroin for a decade, has a masters in counseling psychology with a focus on substance abuse, and a bachelors of arts in film. The first film's strongest strengths are its characters, the setting, and the raw authenticity of the drug use. The first is sort of a lightning caught in a bottle scenario. This film lacks the humanity of the first one. There was an odd boisterous, almost bubbly element to Jani's personality. He was an optimist. The most heartbreaking part of that film is when Jani talks about his dream to just live on a farm with a wife and kids. This sequel has none of that.
Still I'd recommend it, its wild and surreal, and absolutely filthy.
Seriously this is one of the grimiest films I've ever seen, like almost troma quality but its all real.
I would have liked a more thorough dissection of what led Jani to hang himself.