Imagine the following situation. You go to a restaurant. You've never been there before, but you've heard a lot about the food, especially the desserts, which are supposed to be out of this world. You order. The soup arrives : it is tasty. The main course arrives : it is pretty good, too. Meanwhile waiters and fellow diners speak in hushed voices about the superb dessert being prepared by the great chef himself. Suddenly the chef shows up next to your table and says "I've prepared a truly glorious dessert : baked pineapple with three kinds of honey and chocolate cake. It's the best work I've done in my career. I'm just telling you about it ; you can't order it, you can't eat it. In fact you've been loitering in this restaurant too long. Pay up and go home."
If you, dear reader, have been longing for the cinematic equivalent I can recommend "Gemini" to you. "Gemini" is deeply annoying, in the sense that it has all the makings of a good thriller of the noir (or neo-noir) variety but neglects to provide a decent resolution. Near the end, it simply states that person X killed person Y. As to the "how ?", "why ?" and "what's going to happen now ?" your guess is as good as mine.
In other words, the movie does not keep up its end of the bargain : you have given it your time and attention, but it does not reward you by telling you a coherent tale with a clear, satisfying solution.
It's a pity, since "Gemini" really had promise - think good performances, a stylish look and an interesting setting. It even contained some darkly satirical accents about our contemporary way of life, with its obsession with celebrity and its disregard for boundaries. The ending (or rather the non-ending) rather shot all that down...
If you, dear reader, have been longing for the cinematic equivalent I can recommend "Gemini" to you. "Gemini" is deeply annoying, in the sense that it has all the makings of a good thriller of the noir (or neo-noir) variety but neglects to provide a decent resolution. Near the end, it simply states that person X killed person Y. As to the "how ?", "why ?" and "what's going to happen now ?" your guess is as good as mine.
In other words, the movie does not keep up its end of the bargain : you have given it your time and attention, but it does not reward you by telling you a coherent tale with a clear, satisfying solution.
It's a pity, since "Gemini" really had promise - think good performances, a stylish look and an interesting setting. It even contained some darkly satirical accents about our contemporary way of life, with its obsession with celebrity and its disregard for boundaries. The ending (or rather the non-ending) rather shot all that down...