BONUS Netflix Pick for 6/17/13 – ‘Upstream Color’

While this move of having a bonus Netflix Pick of the Week is highly irregular, I simply could not wait for the Netflix Instant Randomizer 9000 to spit out this title any time soon (for more information on the Randomizer 9000, please listen to any episode of Cinema Crespodiso). So here is a bonus pick, “Upstream Color,” a movie that will become a favorite of film lovers and aficionados everywhere, and will also leave many normal film watchers quite frustrated in its wake. So which one are you?

You will not a get synopsis here. Instead, I will tell you just to watch “Upstream Color,” and let the story unfold and wash over you, and don’t start freaking out when you realize you have no idea what the hell is happening within five minutes of the movie starting. Just watch it. Enjoy it. Absorb it. Some things will become clear. Some will not. But in the end, after one viewing, you will know you’ve seen something special.

And do not be afraid to re-watch this movie, dig even deeper into it, talk to other people who have seen it and try to parse out the details, do whatever you need to do to understand it more, because in the end, when this thing does snap into place for you and you start to see the bigger picture after assembling enough puzzle pieces together, you’ll find this to be one of the most rewarding cinematic experiences you can have this year.

Just watch this already on the Netflix Instant right here, and do not be afraid of what is different and unique and strange but instead embrace it wholeheartedly and welcome it into your life and into your pysche.