let me start by say that liev have gain a ton of respect from me after see his directorial debut everything be illuminate . anyone who have read the book know how saturate the story be with nonsensical and hilarious vocabulary by alex along with countless flashback scene and crazy dreamlike sequence . liev take all of this and make it work . the movie itself be great the soundtrack and the performance and the cinematography it all work . there be a lot of story miss about the town and it inhabitant and but there only so much you can do with an indie and so this part of it do not bother me too much . it just disappoint that not a lot of people will see this movie or even know that it exist because of the lack of promotion that come with it . i do not even know it be in theatre . i do not know when the dvd come out . you would think that since frodo baggins be one of the main character and somebody wouldve at least release a commercial for it . i have to see the trailer on my paradise now dvd ( release on dvd in the spring of 06 ) to even know that it have a fall of 2005 theatrical release date . haha sad really . anyhow and if you stumble across this review somehow because one of your friend read the book and love it or saw the movie and be recommend that you see it take my advice and watch it . it a very good experience . positive .