I can hear and understand the irritation with casting the same straight actors in a tragic, gay romance as an argument - I still can’t help but feel like that argument reduces this film to what is merely a part of the whole.
I feel there were two very interestingly drawn characters here with rich histories. The core of the film focused less on the tragic romance I felt and more on emphasising how often folk music is forgotten but…
To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle - Wittgenstein
Yet another film the millennial reviewers have failed to appreciate… hope you’re doing okay Peter Bradshaw and I’m sure Joachim Trier is deeply regretful that this film wasn’t as funny as you wanted it to be.
I really want to give this a higher rating but it would only be for the vague through line of the film (which is just the source material it’s based on), the cinematography/production design combo (feels like a metamorphosing Edward Hopper painting) and the score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross can really do no wrong). The film is just too long - for a narrative that lacks structure and direction it is unforgiving to the viewer to make it this…
I really appreciate the sentiment behind Damien Chazelle’s films: how far human beings are willing to sacrifice themselves/others for the sake of creating “art”. This film felt quite pointedly aimed at Hollywood/filmmaking. I might be jumping to conclusions as I doubt the film is making any kind of specifically pointed critique but rather just offering a depiction of the lives of people caught up in that world. However, I couldn’t help but just feel the overwhelming sense of nihilism in…
