In Rick Alverson’s “The Mountain,” Jeff Goldlbum is Dr.
Wallace Fiennes, a shrewd and conniving lobotomist.
He travels across a dreamy ’50s American landscape, performing invasive surgery on a range of subjects who suffer from questionable ailments.
Much like the repression endemic to the era, the seductive charm of Goldblum’s character masks the grotesque nature of his profession.
The key turning point comes when Goldblum vanishes from the picture, forcing his wayward young assistant (Tye Sheridan) to confront a much darker world.“I wanted very strategically to remove the Goldblum of the film,” Alverson said.
“I wanted to interrupt the charisma intoxication his character brings, the neatness of that character arc.
It felt consistent with the lobotomies in the film.”It’s one of the most fascinating gambles in this summer movie season.
The movie sits on a continuum with Alverson’s “The Comedy” and “Entertainment” for how it assails traditional storytelling,
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