The Lovers on the Bridge

Think of it as cinema living rough, scruffy patches of tedium broken by bursts of lunatic freedom.

A film both glorious and goofy, inspiring affection and exasperation in nearly equal measure.

Lovers will undoubtedly turn off as many viewers as it seduces -- but this long-unreleased masterpiece, shot between 1989 and 1991, will leave true cinephiles nothing short of delirious.

... a lush cinematic painting of love, passion, and madness expressed in a romantic surrealist style and images charges with color and magic.

..there is no denying the utter romanticism of the film.

Truly extraordinary filmmaking from a unique cinematic voice.

There are many moments of humor and wisdom in the unconventional courtship, not to mention genuine, almost painful emotion.