No one knew, but Netflix added an iconoclastic, “other” series,
Brand New Cherry Flavor
, on
Friday
that may well enjoy word of mouth.
If the series starts in the Hollywood of the 1990s, the viewer quickly finds himself lost between monsters and discomfort, David Cronenberg and David Lynch
The actress Rosa Salazar is amazing and hypnotic, we would follow her everywhere
As the end of summer approaches (sorry), you have already finished
The White Lotus
on OCS, bingé
Cruel Summer
on Prime Video like our colleague Fabien, tried
Ever
Gone
on Netflix… So you have some time to a new series? Absent from the platform's schedule, put online without any promotion, the mini-series in eight episodes
Brand New Cherry Flavor
has been available since Friday on Netflix, and it is the curiosity of the summer. Maybe even Netflix's “least Netflix” series. Explanations.
Adapted from the eponymous novel by Todd Grimson,
Brand New Cherry Flavor
follows the arrival of young director Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) in 1990s Hollywood. Her short film caught the eye of producer Lou Burke (Eric Lange) , who wants to make him the new rising star of cinema.
And put her in her bed.
Faced with his refusal, this potential Weinstein steals his film.
Lisa then turns to the strange guru Boro (Catherine Keener) for revenge, and… vomits kittens.
Atmosphere.
On the mental roads of David Lynch
We should not, even it is impossible to reveal more, but know that the series is the most iconoclastic of the Netflix catalog, with
The OA
. Which perhaps explains why the platform was unsure of what to do with it. The story very quickly takes side roads, and invokes as much the zombies of George A. Romero as the
body horror
of David Cronenberg, passing, of course, by the mental roads of David Lynch of
Mulholland Drive
and
Lost Highway
. Sensitive and Cartesian souls abstain.
These references serve as benchmarks but not as limits.
Because
Brand New Cherry Flavor
is as much in the cinema as in the occult, even links the two, and thus recalls another novel of the 1990s,
The Conspiracy of Darkness
(
Flicker
in VO) by Theodore Roszak, deemed unsuitable - Darren Aronofsky s 'There is broken teeth - and inspiration for the episode
The Absolute End of the World
of John Carpenter in
Masters of Horror
.
Nick Antosca, a future “master of horror”?
“In cinema and television, we are living through a very interesting period for genre authors and directors. Even if they are not original stories, they find a way to reclaim them, and bring a unique vision, ”explained screenwriter Nick Antosca of
Channel Zero
, his previous series adapted from
creepy. pastas
, and already at the time “the best horror series you don't watch”. This comment also applies to
Brand New Cherry Flavor
, which he co-created with Lenore Zion and which happily breaks down the boundaries in dream and reality, reality and fiction.
The risk for the spectator to get lost is very real, but there is the cast, in the first place of which Rosa Salazar, seen in
Alita: Battle Angel
and
The Labyrinth
, and amazing and hypnotic in Lisa Nova.
We would follow her anywhere.
That's the case to say.
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