The path to enlightenment is a booby-trap-laden maze in “Transcending Dimensions,” which Japanese cult director Toshiaki Toyoda says may be his last feature. It can certainly be taken as a sort of summational statement, rounding up recurrent prior themes and motifs, though in ways constituting more of an advanced course than a handy introduction to his work. Even loyal fans may take occasional issue with a feature that’s by turns absurdist, philosophical, violent, wayward, satirical and baffling.
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Still, the unpredictability and aesthetic appeal of Toyoda’s vision has its usual bracing effect. A precise point may be anyone’s guess, but getting there is
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