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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
The first viewing is such an assault on your senses.
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The blunt way that they present it is a huge part of it as well. Like the part where the hitchhiker cuts into his hand--the characters reacted negatively to it, but there's no doubt in my mind that it's a strange but very real present part of the reality that they've just stepped into. That's what makes it such a crazy and scary film for me: even though it reaches absurd and surreal points, it has this grippingly gritty self-acceptance that just makes it feel like I'm watching live footage. It might just be the nostalgia that I have with the film, but it's kind of hard to put to words what exactly I love about the movie and why.