Magazine Dreams is a drama and second feature directed by Elijah Bynum, which stars Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Taylor Paige, and Harrison Page The film opens with a beautiful shot of Killian M…
The film opens with a beautiful shot of Killian Maddox showing off his chiseled physique under an orange hue of lights as if he’s at a bodybuilding competition. This is overlaid with a voice over of him having a discussion with his therapist having a discussion about his erratic behavior after a stint in the hospital. Killian takes working out very seriously and takes steroids to achieve the perfect body.
It’s clear this man longs to bond with other humans, but his behavior is off-putting and borderline scary. He is prone to violent outbursts and destroys a local paint shop for not coming to repaint his grandfather’s house. After escaping from the scene Killian gets into a car accident, and he finds the steroids have created tumors on his liver, and is causing other organs to shut down. Knowing this information, he still refuses to get treatment.
The editing by Jon Otazua is unhinged but serves a great purpose in showing us just how removed Killiam from the real world and it’s purposely hard to keep up. This doesn’t always serve the narrative though. There’s lots of fade to black moments which made me think the film was finally over but it just kept going. Instead of anticipating the next scene, I began to wish for an ending. Not because the film is bad, or boring, but such an intense and exhausting experience.
Jonathan Majors is a revelation. It’s difficult to take your gaze off of him, the character demands it and the audience will be transfixed by it. The Killum Maddox is the type of characterization mostly reserved for White male actors. There are plenty of films if male loneliness, but something about his mannerisms and even vocal intonation is something I haven’t seen many Black actors get to portray.
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