I was taken aback by the simplicity of the characters until the journey Keir O'Donnell takes you on forced me to confront my own biases and judgements of those same characters. I realized that what I thought were tropes, were in fact, simulacrum. Not only was I challenged to remember the details, but I was left with a reflection on my biases of the pixie, the naive and gullible mark, and the hardened cop. The performances and tone from this vantage point are freaking remarkable. And for a director and writer to be able to establish a tone that is both surreal, irreal, and bi-real is a triumph.
