In his opening remarks before the screening of his new film, Leslie, My Name is Evil, writer-director Reginald Harkema suggested to the audience, "think of this movie as a trip."
Boy is it ever.
Steeped in hallucinogenic imagery and walking the fine line of absurdity, Lesliel is an outrageous and not very subtle commentary on American society. And it's winking from the very first scene.
It's the fourth film from Vancouver's Harkema, who is now living in Toronto. As with the previous three, this one also is about the messy connections between boys and girls. But this one is both a romantic comedy and courtroom drama, set during the trial of Charles Manson and three women from his "family".
That I watched this film while California attempts to extradite Roman Polanski — whose wife Sharon Tate was one of the Manson family victims — was not lost on me.
Told in two parts,...
Boy is it ever.
Steeped in hallucinogenic imagery and walking the fine line of absurdity, Lesliel is an outrageous and not very subtle commentary on American society. And it's winking from the very first scene.
It's the fourth film from Vancouver's Harkema, who is now living in Toronto. As with the previous three, this one also is about the messy connections between boys and girls. But this one is both a romantic comedy and courtroom drama, set during the trial of Charles Manson and three women from his "family".
That I watched this film while California attempts to extradite Roman Polanski — whose wife Sharon Tate was one of the Manson family victims — was not lost on me.
Told in two parts,...
- 10/8/2009
- CinemaSpy
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