this film be basically two hour of dafoe character drink himself nearly literally to death . the only surprise in this film be that you do not have enough clue or character knowledge to be surprise . it be just a grim and sad waste of time . willem dafoe be excellent actor . peter stormare be an excellent actor . but this film just suck . slow doesn not make the movie bad and it be just bad . the sketchy plot mixed with artistic ramblings of anamorphic detail aren not cohesively draw together in a meaningful way for a plot except to highlight some gore which be illustrate from several perspective and finally at the end . i really appreciate the artistic vision and but a entertainment and it put me to sleep . ( seriously and i fell asleep and have to re watch the film which be even more disappointing . ) i generally do not like to make negative comment or review on the work of others and even when they suck and but this film warrant one . it just too bad that these great actor be sham with this end result .