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Full review: https://www.fortressofsolitude.co.za/i-live-here-now-movie-review-surreal-psychodrama-starring-lucy-fry-matt-rife/

Have you ever watched a movie that feels like one giant dump of stream of consciousness? That’s Julie Pacino’s I Live Here Now in a nutshell. A little giallo, a little David Lynch, this psychodrama is what happens to your brain after eating a toasted cheese sandwich after midnight. There’ll be shakes. There’ll be sweat. There’ll be conversations with God.

Needless to say I Live Here Now won’t be for everyone, since its lack of cohesive storytelling will put off the average viewer. However, this is a film made by a filmmaker for filmmakers. The metaphors and visual language are visceral and poetic, clawing at the effects of trauma – both past and present – and how they need to be faced to move toward the future. In fact, the film’s power comes from what it refuses to say outright, choosing instead to speak through allegory.

BTW, Julie Pacino is Al Pacino's daughter. And yeah, Matt Rife is pretty decent here.