Memorable, crazy movie

Excellent adaptation.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

I wanted to watch Nirvana as I heard it was made by the same people doing Mediterraneo, which I enjoyed. I watched it in Italian, so bad dubbing was not a real problem for me (even if Christopher Lambert is clearly not speaking Italian). A lot of reviewers compared this to films like Johnny Mnemonic and The Matrix, but that is just inviting disappointment. The best American film match that I know of is Existenz. The same ideas of games becoming too real, intermingling with reality, to the player's downfall.The film has several things going for it. One is Christophe Lambert, who is always funny in any movie, no matter how bad it is. Another is the very beautiful Stefania Rocca, playing the mysterious Naima. The best thing, in my opinion, is that it is a truly Italian film, rather than a clone after an American movie, a feeling that is enforced by Diego Abatantuono playing the role of Solo in a typical Italian way. Other things, like the scene with the guy killing someone in the corridor because they were making too much noise 'ma che cazzo?!' or the car antitheft device spouting Italian insults are good examples.The cyberpunk theme is clearly influenced by William Gibson's vision (I mean, what cyberpunk film isn't?), and in a way steals a lot of the elements you see in Johnny Mnemonic, released just two years earlier, but the moral of the story is more metaphysical in nature.As much as I liked all of these elements in the film, I have to also complain about a lot of others. The low budget feel, the technicolor "virtual world", some of the clicheatic characters, etc. Overall I liked it, though, and I think for its budget, country of origin and ambitions, it was not a failure.

This little movie which flirts with the idea virtual reality gaming is a delight to look at but has an underwritten script. I would never expect anything intelligent or original from a B-movie, but Nirvana was neat. While there is certainly room for more dimension on the pages, everything in the frame, is of perfect dimension (or quality). This film has a colourful portrayal of the future, which plays with several different kinds of computer graphics, not to mention some other good quirks, like talking houses, alarms, and a computer game character who gains self awareness and has the ability to talk to his player. It's all fun and delightful. the dubbing is occasionally distracting, but I guess that depends on the manufacturer of the DVD copy. I just felt that there was a bit more room for story. The energetic climax, seems to zip by too quickly and the movie ends on a somewhat flimsy note. I think I can say I enjoyed this movie for what it was, It just needs more.

Solo suddenly finds out that what he's living has happened before. In the middle of a "deja-vu" he discovers that he's not really alive. He's just the main character of a video game, and he refuses to keep "playing" in a non sense life, where he'll be born and killed again and again and again. He tries to convince the people around him, that they are inside a game, that their lifes are not real; that everything that happens has already happened before. But its useless: he's the only one who realizes it. Like a prophet, like a Jesus or a Buddha, he has just realized what he is, and the stupid meaning of his life-game. And he's the only one who can speak to their creator; their designer: Jimi Dini, a succesfull video game designer of the real life. A real life where Jimi lives, depressed, bored and numb. He's got something in common with Solo, thats why he decide to help him, erasing the game, his last an great creation, Nirvana, before its too late. Its not a matter of spoiling the great end of your life, but have you realized how repetitive it is? Maybe you should pay attention to Solo. Or try to find Jimi and ask him to be deleted.

I'm writing about the English-dubbed DVD version. The FIRST time I saw this movie was in Japan. It was an Italian version with Japanese subtitles. I couldn't follow the story (I don't speak Italian (or French), and the subtitles were way too fast), but the visuals were alluring nonetheless... After returning to America, I have seen the English-dubbed DVD.***SPOILER:*** I DO have a problem with the crux-point of the story: a computer-character's ascension to self-actualization because of a virus(!) is a little too extreme for me to accept. This concept destroyed my suspension of disbelief. BUT(!)... I believe the dialog and the vocal-presentation by whoever did the voice of Jimi's ex was perfect. Excellent delivery.As an aside, I must admit that I usually watch this movie with the sound off along with 5 or 6 other movies on separate monitors while listening to music.