4/10
Alexander Sokurov's "non-adaptation" of the Faust legend is told as something of an adult's fairy take, I really don't know what to make of this one, except that I didn't enjoy it. Too ludicrous, too over the top, too uninteresting to ever get me into it, the best part was the actor playing the Devil as some kind of deformed black humorist. Most of the movie is focused on the Devil and Faust's friendship, and helping Faust get the woman he desires, but it's way too ridiculous to register anything. It won the Golden Lion at Venice which I understood more when I found out Darren Aronofsky was head of the jury...this very much reminded me of an Aronofsky film, and all that entails.
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