Black Limousine - DVD

This is basically a story about Hollywood and different people in the industry. David Arquette gets a job driving a limo. He's actually a movie composer but he has run into tough times. There is a story about an accident that he was involved in that killed one of his daughters that keeps haunting him. He meets Bijou Phillips at AA, she's an actress and a singer. He also tries to befriend an actor he drives around. You kind of see how his life has fallen apart, what haunts him, and how he struggles. There is also a message about being leary of the Hollywood game because sometimes people aren't what they appear to be. A good part of the movie is centered around a space-themed stage setting where David Arquette and Bijou Phillips go to escape the world. As David Arquette is constantly haunted by memories, many of his encounters are like dreams. It wasn't so terrible I couldn't watch it, but it was not my favorite.

Of all the many many films I've watched in my time, I think this is the first one that actually left me speechless. And I don't mean in a wow that was so incredible I don't know what to say, I mean more like my mind was on tilt and I just didn't know what to say about what I had just watched. Not a five-star masterpiece by any means but still this film is definitely a work of art and a beautiful creative piece. It plays kind of like a Lynch film and has a small similarity to Muholland Drive in the sense that you feel like the whole things a dream. Arquette is excellent and so is the acting by all in general. But it's his character that we're entralled with and he does a great job, you also get the sense that the whole crew that made this was a solid team with a vision. Which unfortunately is where we're left a bit hanging. Was it to show us the madness that comes from alcoholism especially relapsed? Was it to make a statement on the craziness of the film/music industry? Or that this man should have kept his family together? I don't know what I'm supposed to be feeling good or bad about at the end of this but it sure was interesting watching it. And that may just have been their intention.

Not a great movie.If youre looking for great & wild movies with non linear logic, then I recommend David Lynchs' "LOST HIGHWAY" or "INLAND EMPIRE".Be sure to be slightly drunk or buzzed when you watch those movies. Stay away from "Black Limousine".

I dont regret the film, I am just left not knowing what was real and what was all in his head and how to tell the two apart.

For a movie based on a car...it was very pedestrian (no pun intended). I'll refer any car enhtusiasts to "Drive' with Ryan Gosling.

The film originally had the hideous title, "The Land of the Astronauts." There is a feeling of impending doom throughout the film. The music, lighting and unshaven look of our star Jack Mackenzie (David Arquette) all work in unison to give us a noir feel. Jack is a Hollywood composer who has fallen from grace. He desires to get back with his divorced wife (Carla Ortiz) and child Kate (Jacqueline Mackenzie). He attends AA meetings, was involved in an accident were someone died and now works as a limo driver.The limo he is driving was the scene of a brutal murder where a limo driver cut the throat of his wife. Hitch (David Jean Thomas) who reminds us of a creepy Morgan Freeman, shows Jack the photos. He also collects items left behind in limos. Jack is also attempting a comeback. He has issues with his landlady (Lin Shaye) who wants a part in a film. While at an AA meeting, Jack meets the noir femme fatale Erica Long (Bijou Phillips). She is a model, singer, and actress attempting to pay her bills. Ironically she appears on vodka ads. Jack is inspired by her and quickly falls in love. They hit it off and seem to become soul mates, but alas Erica is clearly a girl Jack should not love.We know something is going to happen and every tidbit clue that the film feeds us will all cleverly tie together. The goal is to figure it out before the film tells us. And then the end happens and you are suddenly tasked with trying to figure out what just happened. Enjoyable, but not for everyone.PARENTAL GUIDE: F-bomb, brief nudity (lady in window)

BLACK LIMOUSINE, Carl Colpaert[reviewed by Nancy Snipper] You can't begin to review this film without highlighting the brilliant acting of David Arquette and Bijou Philips. Arquette plays Jack MacKenzie, a Hollywood composer who has taken on a limo driving job. Unstable and a recovering alcoholic, MacKenzie meets Erica, a femme fatale and actress who is as much an escapist as he is. In fact, in this film, reality and fantasy merge. It's surreal -- an out of space experience for viewer and MacKenzie alike. He composed the music for the film, but he's a has-been, and in his desperation to stay on track with his career, he ends up derailing himself. In fact, the film ends on a lone railway track, and as the train approaches with his stationary limo striding the tracks, we find out just how devastating it is for him to deal with the death of his daughter years before the film unfolds and the land of the astronauts enters everyone's world, including the viewer. This film is uniquely odd and riveting. Arquette is amazing, as awesome as outer space itself.