Coppola marks his return to the director’s chair after a 10-year absence with this alternately confounding and enjoyably strange dive into philosophical angst and historical dreamscape. Tim Roth is quite impressive as a 70-year-old suicidal scholar who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes young again. And, while the film bogs down in its second half while attempting to ignite the flames of eternal love without having laid the necessary foundation, it is nevertheless a fascinating experiment, replete with beautifully wrought visual abstractions and plenty of heady ideas for those willing to take the plunge. (DVD)