High Life soundtrack, "Willow"
Yes, Robert Pattinson is singing here and it's amazing.
Recently I took in Ad Astra and didn't think much of it -- dull, slow, but with some interesting ideas.
So this past weekend I finally got around to High Life. I'll be the first to admit it might not be for everyone -- extremely violent, an intentionally confusing time line, and featuring "The Box" where crew members can frequently and violently masturbate at will. And the crew members? They are all convicted criminals who have chosen a final suicide mission to a black hole rather than prison on earth.
But strange as it is, it ultimately manages to offer a meditation on family, death, and infinity that's much more engaging, provocative, and original.
It soars and disintegrates weirdly, fiercely, whereas Ad Astra kind of plods along and manages to do a few things right in spite of itself.
The soundtrack is great too.
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