This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Style/Stunts/editing/directing: insane.
Empty London: HOW??
Cillian Murphy: ...naked.
Horses: Horses
Group of military men: WAAAAAY worse than zombies.
Genuinely so astounded by the care with which the filmmakers interplayed sound and silence, subtitles and pure expression. It felt like this film was particularly made for a hearing audience to spend some time thinking about the privileges we have living in a world built for us. Add this to the list of empathy bombs like Sound and Fury, the Sound of Metal and the Heart is A Lonely Hunter.
Also, a perfect day to watch a bunch of people changing the course of history in one damn week, due entirely to solidarity, courage and moral clarity. Super fucking inspiring.
3 1/2 stars and a big ❤️ for this beautiful, weird, subtle gem. Warm like the sun.
FIVE ONE STARS FOR THE MOST INSANE SCREENING I'VE EVER BEEN TO.
In which:
1) A party of four shows up 20 minutes late to the movie. Two guys. Their girlfriends.
2) They loudly throw a "stage whisper" fit at the people that had taken their empty seats, prompting a huge migration chain reaction domino of all the seat switchers, of which there…
I edited this movie and so, unsurprisingly, I love it like a child, and have never been prouder ❤️
BUT beyond that, I feel like if I saw it for the first time at the premiere yesterday, I would be OBSESSED. Annapurna Sriram is a rare gift to us all -- absolutely committed to using filmmaking as an art form. The movie is utterly bespoke, fun, campy, deeply cinematic -- but also wholly genuine and asks so many deep and…
