The American Astronaut

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Steve C @steveinmaine Feb 25 One of the great films of the 21st century. Visually appealing, funny, heartbreaking, a joy to watch. See more Ray P @RT21950549 05/18/2025 Visually stunning. A masterpiece. See more 06/13/2019 Quirky. Fun. Original. What more could you want? See more 04/27/2014 maybe like a cross between Blood Simple and Schizopolis, if directed by David Lynch (with, say TWICE the budget of Eraserhead). See more 03/11/2014 This movie, although can be disturbing at times and probably not for everyone, is always honest, unbelievably original, and definitely entertaining ))) "Hey Boy" is quite possibly one of the greatest musical scenes ever featured in motion pictures. See more 02/10/2014 I'm always leery of music-related filmmaking. Too easy for the entire movie to feel like a big, long music video or promo vehicle. And some of that is evident here. What is also evident is the rock-bottom budget they had to work with. Not surprising--a sci-fi fanta-western done by a who-are-they band? Of course there is no budget. It shows, but several excellent decisions help keep the viewers from noticing (too much). The best decision was in filming in black and white. While, yes, black and white can be an artsy decision, here it allowed the lack of special effects and quality to be downplayed by the viewer. The over all story arc of The American Astronaut is a bit nonsensical and cops out at the end (perhaps out of budget?). But the individual scenes frequently stand tall. Unfortunately, the strongest of the scenes are in the first half of the movie, letting everything else peter out awkwardly. Still worth a watch if you're into sci-fi westerns, artsy cinema, or enjoy integration of the music and film formats. See more Read all reviews

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