This Is Not a Movie

This Is Not a Movie
Título	This Is Not a Movie
Ficha técnica
Dirección	Olallo Rubio
Guion	Olallo Rubio
Música	Slash
Fotografía	Juan José Saravia
Protagonistas	Edward Furlong Peter Coyote Edi Gathegi Julian Sedwick
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Datos y cifras
País	México
Año	2011
Género	Ciencia ficción
Duración	99 minutos
Clasificación	B-15
Idioma(s)	Inglés
Compañías
Productora	Kung Fu Films CECC films
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This Is Not a Movie es la ópera prima de ficción del director mexicano Olallo Rubio, estrenada en 2011; fue rodada en inglés y está protagonizada por Edward Furlong, Peter Coyote, Edi Gathegi y musicalizada por el guitarrista de Guns N Roses Slash.

Sinopsis

Ante el inminente fin del mundo, Pete Nelson (Edward Furlong) se encierra en un hotel de Las Vegas; ahí intenta comprender su confusa realidad influenciada por el cine, la televisión, la cultura pop, la desinformación, las drogas y la propaganda. En su búsqueda apocalíptica, surrealista y psicodélica nada es lo que parece.

Recepción

La película fue un fracaso de cartelera y fue ignorada por la mayoría de los críticos. Recibió un 43% en el sitio web especializado Rotten Tomatoes. Uno de los pocos que hizo una revisión fue Lee Hultman, de battleshippretension.com, quien la describió de la siguiente forma:

"This Is Not a Movie is Olallo Rubio’s haughty attempt to preach his ‘revolutionary’ opinions on every—and I mean every—weighty topic within reach of his “American Diablo” smoking, “Demon Whiskey” drinking, “Prescription” drug-popping, and “Apocalyptic TV” watching Pete Nelson (Edward Furlong). In his black and white hotel room at the “Apocalypse Resort and Casino” filled with gargoyles and other demonic-like ornaments, Pete is tortured with all of the “deep existential conflict” that comes along with being the oh-so-brilliant white American male that he is.

But if his internal struggles weren’t enough to induce a full coma, it’s a good thing he brought his imaginary pals Hedonist Pete and Rastafarian Pete (both played by Furlong) to contribute to the discussion. Entirely one-dimensional characters, Hedonist Pete somehow brings the banality of the shoulder devil to an entirely new level while Rastafarian Pete answers Boring Pete’s questions with complete transparency as Rubio himself so the film can inch forward to whatever random question of the universe Pete may offer up next.

So it should go without saying that without any real conflict or direction other than Rubio’s own, the film moves at a sloth’s pace as the characters discuss colossal topic after colossal topic transitioned without an ounce of nuance by satirical trailers and infomercials. Packed with as much original thought as they have humor, it is assumed “The Man Master of Propaganda” and “The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre” are the film’s attempts at comic relief but it was hard to know as my only chuckle may have been more of a half-sneeze if anything.

But it’s not the poor attempts at comedy or even the abomination that Edward Furlong was not nominated for a Razzie this year that depresses me so much. Rather, it’s the lack of confidence Rubio has in going completely balls-out in a making such a strikingly terrible film. Between the tens of times the Petes admit the clichés filling the film and the screenwriter’s announcement that he has run into writer’s block at the twenty-five minute mark, the viewer would have been better off knowing nothing about anything and trying to decipher through the nonsense. Perhaps then, This Is Not a Movie would have at least left open the slim chance that there may be a flicker of something worth watching. But no, even from its opening credit sequence, the film quickly flashes through every public domain clip in existence that may evoke some, any emotion from the viewer—nuclear mushroom clouds, troops battling in Vietnam, Marilyn Monroe—as if grasping at a last chance to keep us from hitting the eject button."

Enlaces externos

• This Is Not a Movie en Internet Movie Database (en inglés).

• Datos: Q6145976