The Village Voice, April 21st, 2004
No props: Movie-mad cautionary tale proves mild at heart
RHINOCEROS EYES
Written and directed by Aaron Woodley
Madstone, opens April 23
Like so many movie protagonists before him, the hero of Rhinoceros Eyes has a hard time distinguishing between fantasy and reality-no surprise since the film's version of reality has been patched together from the time-warped, pixie-dusted universes of Tim Burton, Jeunet/Caro, and the Quay brothers. Daylight-averse Chep (Michael Pitt) makes nightly pilgrimages to a crumbling movie palace where a heavy-breathing colonial melodrama seems to be screening in a...
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