Analyzing The Movie 'Spun'

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The movie ‘Spun’ was one of the most interesting and the most bizarre movie I have ever seen. I found it interesting how this movie randomly shows up at a point of time in these people’s lives instead of having a detailed plot about life before and after the movie. It gave me a sense within their daily lives that seemed as they have been living before the movie began and will continue after the movie finishes. As well as giving the audience a sense of what their daily lives consists of, it also provides the audience the awareness each character has of their actions while being on methamphetamine for a multiple of days. The title of the movie, ‘Spun’, shows a reference to the jargon for the way users feel after going on a methamphetamine binge without any sleep. …show more content…
While visiting Spider Mike’s house to restock on meth, Ross brings upon a friendship with Nikki, who is an addict as well. After this first meeting, Nikki takes Ross to meet her boyfriend, “The Cook”, who supplies Spider Mike with the supply from a meth lab that he has set up at a motel room. Ross then becomes The Cook’s driver for the next three days, since he is the only one in the movie with an automobile, in exchange for free meth. The following three days turns out to become a methamphetamine binge between all these characters and their dependence of the drug to continue on their daily

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