In this film Letterman takes the standard neo-noir format of films like Blue Velvet and Blade Runner and adds in his own manic surrealist vision. In Ryme city mountains walk, small purple goblins serve as musical amplifiers and, in one particularly disturbing scene, our protagonist burns a police informant alive using gasoline and matches he created with his mind. The performance are also very good, and although the plot is simplistic the almost oppressive spectacle of the film generates its own meaning beyond traditional storytelling.

Of course not everything about the film is perfect. Not all of the ideas are perfectly executed, and Letterman perhaps should’ve stuck to his guns and made the R-rated film he had originally hoped to make, rather than compromising to studio executives and going for a PG-rating. But these are only minor blemishes on a historic film, a movie we will be talking about for decades to come. The films complex themes regarding self, transhumanism and animal rights will makes this fever-dream-noir a must-watch for any discerning film fan. See it. See it now.