"Mary is a brilliant scientist who is, for whatever reason, forced to investigate the world from a black and white room via a black and white television monitor. She specializes in the neurophysiology of vision and acquires, let us suppose, all the physical information there is to obtain about what goes on when we see ripe tomatoes, or the sky, and use terms like "red", "blue", and so on. She discovers, for example, just which wavelength combinations from the sky stimulate the retina, and exactly how this produces via the central nervous system the contraction of the vocal cords and expulsion of air from the lungs that results in the uttering of the sentence "The sky is blue". ... What will happen when Mary is released from her black and white room or is given a color television monitor? Will she learn anything or not?"
oh boy where do i even start with this bad boy.
i have been meaning/trying to watch this movie for quite awhile. honestly, i didn't have the patience to sit through the whole thing. the plot didn't make a lot of sense to me, and the long scenes with zero dialogue means i really had to pay attention. so after watching the whole thing i can say that im still not sure what the plot was here, but i really dont think it matters. the movie is gorgeous, trippy, and has some surprisingly good kills in it. everyone is high as fuck at all times, and this movie is the perfect movie to watch high. im glad i gave it another shot, and i love nothing more than smoking a bowl and watching anything by Panos.
8/10
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