If it weren’t for the work he’d done in the Japanese fishing village of Minamata, W. Eugene Smith’s legacy would likely be that of a war photographer, or else as one of the leading contributo…
— looking all but unrecognizable behind sun damage, liver spots and a sparse, spackled-on beard — in what feels like an extension of the gonzo Hunter S. Thompson performance he delivered in “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”
The two early scenes that take place in Life’s corporate-looking New York offices point to another possible influence — specifically, the agitated board-room opening of Robert Downey’s late-’60s Madison Avenue satire “Putney Swope,” which prowls through spaces of money and power as if looking for blood.
As soon as they arrive, they are confronted by evidence of chemical poisoning: It’s evident in the gnarled hands and deformed faces of the locals, including an accordion-playing young man to whom Gene loans a camera. Depp plays it surly throughout, dominating those around him, but Minami has a strong screen presence as well . As Aileen, she needs only to look at Gene, and he will yield to her demands.
Chisso makes for a powerful adversary that has both the police and local goons in its pocket, a massive chemical company that dumps its toxic byproducts directly into the water supply. Levitas sanitizes the waste water Gene observes, presumably to make the thick sludge he actually documented in 1971 seem more credible.
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