RECOMMENDED One of the nuttiest young directors of 2007 may well be Sir Anthony Hopkins, whose “Slipstream,” which he wrote, directed, financed and scored, is the kind of cracked vision you’d never expect from a 68-year-old cinematic veteran, an almost indescribable, impressionistic, deeply, dearly daffy, sweetly playful Mobius strip-cum-mosaic about levels of movie “reality” as a screenwriter growing old begins to question the validity of his memories and of reality itself. It’s bunkum, but funky bunkum. I could do without Christian Slater in a fedora, but there are compromises worth making sometimes for a good giggle. Hopkins is no visionary, but this HD collaboration with cinematographer Dante Spinotti shows a friskiness that is to be envied if not wholeheartedly embraced. With Stella Arroyave (Mrs. Sir), Michael Clark Duncan, Fionnula Flanagan, Anthony Hopkins, Lisa Pepper, Christian Slater, John Turturro. 110m. Anamorphic 2.40 widescreen. (Ray Pride) PIPERS
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