Truly the worst movie I've ever seen in a theater

the audience applauded

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

This film is SO much more than story line(s) and seeming non sequiturs which gradually flow together. It is like a 15 course multi-sensory feast of foods from strange lands, some of which taste surprisingly familiar. You have to be willing to open to the experiences Manchevski offers here, and that openness provides entry to an extraordinary examinaion of life & death - all wrapped in breathtaking cinematography and liquified timelines. If you're looking for a snack, skip this one. But if you're really hungry for something provocative that relentlessly insists on savoring, not sampling - check it out. You'll think about it and talk about it, and remember it.

A modern western that interestingly takes us between Turkey in the early 1900's, to modern day New York, New York. DUST brings a well rounded story with unique characters and beautiful scenery to the table, while maintaining a flow between smooth contentedness and shocking chaos. The structure of the narrative is built to keep our attention, creating suspense and leading us to want answers. Problems still exist. One is the overuse of story to reality dualism that completely undermines the reality that the film worked so hard to construct. Violent realism is a shock, showing us the sadistic personalities of this film world in the East. We see many relationships between characters that are very questionable, but still understandable. We are left to ponder (and roll our eyes) upon the happy ending within the sad, yet realistic world. Everything is tied up in the end, but something else interesting occurs. The entire narration of the film is undermined. We are left to question our trust in the truth of the narrator's words. Did this story, which gave these oddly connected characters reasons for being together actually happen the way we were told, did it happen at all? This little twist is the main weapon in the movies arsenal, curving at least one side of an analytical movie-goer's lip towards a smile. It is intelligent and creative in aspects and yet uses stereotypical Hollywood-like conventions that weaken it's good attributes. It ain't bad, but it also ain't the best film I've ever seen. I do believe it to be a much better film than Manchevski's first film, Before the Rain. He is growing.

This was one of the most graphic and bizarre movies I have ever seen. It was hard to figure out what actually happened from what the two of them (the old woman and the young thief) were just making up because apparently it was "their" story and they could. For a two hour movie it seemed like 5 and Luke kept coming back to life after being shot way too many times for it to be believable. Besides all of that I really enjoyed the movie just for the mind blowing quality it has when you watch it. And Fiennes is nice eye candy. I would recommend it to anyone and everyone who is not afraid to face crude, graphic realities from the fighting and sex scenes. Perhaps even the innocent (within reasonable age) could learn something about life from it and should not turn the other way.

Didn't know what to expect, other than Fiennes and something historical. As the story unwound (re-wound, spiraled, jigsawed, dovetailed), my appreciation deepened. It is cerebral, I suppose, but it was my gut instinct that made me really love this movie. I am always amazed when mere idle curiosity pays off with such largesse. Eye-opening. Emotional. Poetically truthful. I'll probably buy it.