Lathe of Heaven

[danlo]

Very trippy movie, very well done. Even though I've never read the book, even though I've read almost everything else by Ursula K. Le Guin, I'd have to say that this version reminded me of, for some reason, The Butterfly Effect, Vanilla Sky and The Bumblebee Flys Away, Anyway (and a little dash of K-Pax). Alot of it is cohesive with the '78 PBS version, but there are some marked differences: like the pacific coast robotic alien takeover at the end of the first film. I'll, seriously, have to find the original version now and read the book. In anycase Lukas Haas, Lisa Bonet, James Caan & David Starthian--fufilled their roles impeccably.

Lucas Haas was incredible, sorta what you'd expect as a young adult after Witness. And even though I've never read the book you can tell that Le Guin has a very subtle and feminine way of making dreams alter the future via ancient Japanese folklore. The architecture, costumes and mind sets do justice to the original version and A & E/ Atlantis have to be credited with a job well done. Not your ordinary Sci-Fi, but intelligent, mind provoking stuff...