Experiential and stylish, Ryan Gosling’s Lost River is something else. The film is a colorful exploration of American disrepair and the increasing heights, extremes and surreal nature of our own world. Pegged as in the style of Gosling’s idols and collaborators like Jodorowsky, Lynch and Refn, the director more successfully recalls and utilizes the tools of Eurohorror. Unsettling imagery and performance, and fantastical atmosphere tell a tale of all too relatable woes like financial strain and the angst of being stuck. When Lost River made its U.S. Premiere at this past March’s SXSW, I sat down with Gosling and stars Iain De Caestecker and Saoirse Ronan to discuss the film, particularly its inclusion of Italian horror icon Barbara Steele and crafting an atmosphere full of unreal… Read entire story.
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