378. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d’Or for his unflinching drama about a single day in the lives of two young women.
Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d’Or for his unflinching drama about a single day in the lives of two young women.
Films about writers are tricky propositions but you can roughly divide the genre into two eras; pre- and post-Mishima.
What makes for a great opening? Character? Conflict? Poetry? Hopefully, more than something we’re supposed to just look at.
What makes for a great scene? Performance? Conflict? Dialogue? Visuals? Music? Combine them and you have atomic weight.
This film has two men talking. However, its strength lies in the way it uses sound to tell us one thing while showing us another.
How do you make a film about a character who can neither move nor speak, but can only blink his left eye?
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