Welcome to the high life…
The new, final UK trailer for Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise is here and it’s quite the throw-back.
While the film takes place in 1976, visually I feel like what Wheatley has delivered is something similar to a 1980’s Bret Easton Ellis adaptation, like Less Than Zero or American Psycho.
While our own Kalyn wasn’t a fan (read our review), I can’t help but be excited by this dark, twisted and fucking insane trailer featuring Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, Crimson Peak), Jeremy Irons (Batman v Superman), Sienna Miller (American Sniper), Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) and Elisabeth Moss (“Mad Men”).
From the director of Kill List, Sightseers and A Field in England, “1975. Two miles west of London, Dr. Laing moves into his new apartment seeking soulless anonymity, only to find that the building’s residents have no intention of leaving him alone. Resigned to the complex social dynamics unfolding around him, Laing bites the bullet and becomes neighbourly. As he struggles to establish his position, Laing’s good manners and sanity disintegrate along with the building. The lights go out and the elevators fail but the party goes on. People are the problem. Booze is the currency. Sex is the panacea.”
While we wait for a U.S. date, it opens in the UK on March 16th.
