How This Wild, Visionary 2006 Box-Office Bomb Became a Beloved Cult Classic
When it premiered at TIFF in 2006, most people did not understand the wild delight that isThe Fall. DirectorTarsem’s tour de force, which starsLee PaceandCatinca Untaruas its leads, received mostly negative critical reception. The Falltakes place in a hospital in Los Angeles in the 1920s. Image by Jefferson Chacon Tarsem honors a child’s way of seeing the world with vibrantly colorful, reality-bending cinematography. Nearly every shot in the “story” hasvivid costuming contrasted against surreal geographic landscapes....