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Last Night In Soho


The new thriller from director Edgar Wright opened earlier today, just in time for Halloween. It was an entertaining, crazy film.




Thomasin McKenzie plays Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer who goes to study in London. Upon arriving there, she finds herself struggling to adjust to life in a big city, especially with her new, bitchy roommate. After putting up with loud parties, rudeness and hearing her roommate trash talking her behind her back, Eloise rents a room from an older woman named Miss Collins (Diana Rigg). Settled into her new place, she begins to have strange dreams where she’s transported into the past (the 60’s) and finds herself attached mentally to a young aspiring singer named Sandy (Anya Taylor-Joy), who came to London to chase her dream of being a performer.






At first Eloise is thrilled to be back in the 60’s, having always loved that era and it’s music. She even dyes her hair blonde and starts dressing like Sandy, whom she follows in her dreams / visions and becomes fascinated by. The illusion soon wears off as Eloise begins to see the ugliness that’s hiding underneath the glamour, and is increasingly horrified by the dark turn that Sandy’s life begins to take. The visions begin to attack Eloise and she’s determined to save Sandy from the seedy path her life is heading for.




The movie does a great job of portraying the insanity that begins to take hold of Eloise. Both McKenzie and Taylor-Joy give great performances. I loved the use of colors and the way certain sequences were filmed. It was reminiscent of the films of Argento (one bloody scene in particular), Polanski and Hitchcock. The soundtrack is infectious, including songs of the 60’s, like Dusty Springfield’s Wishin’ & Hopin’, and a very clever use of Siouxsie and The Banshees’ Happy House at a Halloween party that quickly turns into a nightmare. Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho is a fun little thriller that I really enjoyed.


 


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