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<\/a>\nAnd disaster is the primary reason to seek out the documentary Despite the Gods<\/em>, a film that chronicles director Jennifer Chambers Lynch\u2019s attempt to create a Bollywood-Hollywood film in India. Surrounded by an all Indian cast and crew, Lynch struggles for months to make a film called Hisss<\/em> about a snake that becomes a woman and then becomes a snake again. As much as that doesn\u2019t sound like a good idea on paper, the realization of the idea is even worse as Lynch fights the universe to create something out of the chaos.<\/p>\n
The problem with the film is that the chaos doesn\u2019t seem that chaotic. There are some unplanned rain storms (as opposed to those you can schedule) and locations must be changed. Communication issues that you\u2019d expect filming in another country. Ultimately, Lynch simply comes across as an emotional wreck that wasn\u2019t in the right headspace to take on this sort of project.<\/p>\n
This is not Lost in La Mancha,<\/em> the spectacular doc about Terry Gilliam\u2019s perfectly failed attempt to make Man of La Mancha<\/em>. That project was doomed with Murphy\u2019s Law- every possible component of the film going wrong. Weather destroying sets, money falling through and a lead actor with a broken back who needs to spend hours on horseback. The movie crumbles and it is all caught on tape. A colossal car wreck! Not much happens and Despite the Gods <\/em>begins to meander about half the way through. Nothing much is revealed and Lynch does not undergo any arch or change that would have made this much more fulfilling. I would like to seek out the finished \u00a0product. \u00a0Hisss<\/em> would probably entertain more than this, but probably not in the way it was intended.<\/p>\n
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\nDespite the Gods <\/em>\u00a0is not the catastrophe that it should be. It is interesting to watch the difference in culture and Lynch makes a suitable subject. Having directed her first film at the age of 19 and being the daughter of David Lynch, she is a unique creature that does make the film\u2019s 85 minute runtime \u00a0breeze by swift.<\/p>\n