![]() ![]() Fueled by the escapist primordial consumption of drugs and alcohol set to pulsating, heart pounding music, we delve into the male psyche as each man faces not only his own mortality but the age old question of “Where did my life go?” But as the film unfolds, lives begin to openly unravel as no amount of drugs, alcohol or bad behavior can continue to hide the secrets, unspoken truths and horrors of each man’s emotional life. Careers, families, an occasional hiccup perhaps, but nothing unusual. Now in their 40’s, Richard, Ron, Jonathan and Tim appear to have it all. With debauchery descending into new depths of hell, Glenn Porter’s script details the 25 th annual gathering of four best friends from college. Who was I and why am I not what I said I was going to be?”Īt first blush, the sensorally exciting and dazzling I MELT WITH YOU, appears to be the poster child for boys behaving badly. ![]() And when you become a parent yourself and then your parents die, suddenly you’re 44. Then you get to your 30’s and maybe it’s the death of a parent or something happens. When you’re 21 you think your whole life is out here. As Pellington himself says, “underneath it is that architecture. But then you look below the surface, you realize that from the opening frame, there is more here than meets the eye. ![]() Wow!! These guys make Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas look like child’s play and can even give Bacchus and Caligula a run for their money. Addiction.”, I MELT WITH YOU is a total mind ***k (pardon me for saying). Described by director Mark Pellington as “An existential horror film. ![]()
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