You don't live a lifemare, it lives you
1986, USA, Black & White, 127 minutes
Written and directed by Peter Haste
Starring Peter Haste, Bob, McScruff
Art school student Peter Haste made this unique, dreamlike film about a daymare that he can't fall asleep from. Frightening over-exposed imagery and a discordant Casio score add a feeling of paranoia and bafflement to what was already disorienting and nonsensical. Naturally, Lifemare's biggest fans are the noisy ranks of art school students who shamelessly try to replicate it. These attempts are doomed to failure because of this foolish demographic's sneering disregard for the highlight of the film; Haste's dog, McScruff, who is living a parallel lifemare where cats are as big as houses and dog biscuits turn into spiders and climb into his brain.
Watch out for – the director's cut; which runs 212 minutes and includes the discarded Ghost Garden subplot.
Quote – "Reality's knocking on the door of my mind, but it's locked and I don't know who has the key. Maybe the Duke of the Wasteland? McScruff, shall we go and visit him?"
Reviewed by R.P.Thunderdunk
