Director Kitty Green takes us inside a very long day at a NYC film production office and examines what it means to be complicit in a post Me Too film that quietly says something if you're patient.
Beth - this is terrific stuff! I love how you break down audience expectations with this: "If you are however willing to examine more deeply the systems that create monsters, and amenable to sitting through the monotony of the very dull tasks of a lowly, “smart” assistant waiting on some retributive action or justice that may or may not occur, then this may be the thing for you." I wanna see this movie - it will feel both familiar and awful, but I wanna see it anyway and that is thanks to you!
Kym, Thank you for your kind comments! I'm delighted that this review was able to help you assess if the film is worth watching and that the comment I made helped to influence your decision process. I highly recommend "She Said" too and I have "Women Talking" (Sarah Polley directed) on my watch list. Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell" is probably one of my favorite memoir films ever.
A few years ago, I decided to be disciplined about ensuring that I was watching a film a month in which a woman contributed in a deliberately influential role (director, producers, writers) and I realized quickly how challenging it was to find films. Fast forward a few years and that's shifted quite a bit and I'm encouraged by that.
I had a hard time watching this one. I appreciated it, and maybe the discomfort I was feeling meant that it was doing what it was meant to do, but I felt it was too long, and I got the point pretty quickly. That said, I think I would have liked it a lot more if I was in a different mind-space. I do love Julia Garner, though. And am excited to see that new film! And, oddly enough, the new Wes Anderson (thanks for the shoutout).
Steve - It was definitely a hard and rather monotonous film to watch. The thought exercise for me in writing about it was also figuring out what part of me was responding to the discomfort of that reality or just the fact that my action-oriented brain wanted some plot development pronto. If this film were with anyone else but Julia Garner, I would have been out. Maybe Haley Lu Richardson could carry it off but I also feel like she'd just laugh at the whole absurdity and say, "yeah i'm out." Thank YOU for the "Henry Sugar" reco. The trailer is SO fun.
Casting JonBenet is a must see if you haven't already -Patrick
Yes! Can’t wait. Thx for sharing.
Beth - this is terrific stuff! I love how you break down audience expectations with this: "If you are however willing to examine more deeply the systems that create monsters, and amenable to sitting through the monotony of the very dull tasks of a lowly, “smart” assistant waiting on some retributive action or justice that may or may not occur, then this may be the thing for you." I wanna see this movie - it will feel both familiar and awful, but I wanna see it anyway and that is thanks to you!
Kym, Thank you for your kind comments! I'm delighted that this review was able to help you assess if the film is worth watching and that the comment I made helped to influence your decision process. I highly recommend "She Said" too and I have "Women Talking" (Sarah Polley directed) on my watch list. Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell" is probably one of my favorite memoir films ever.
A few years ago, I decided to be disciplined about ensuring that I was watching a film a month in which a woman contributed in a deliberately influential role (director, producers, writers) and I realized quickly how challenging it was to find films. Fast forward a few years and that's shifted quite a bit and I'm encouraged by that.
I had a hard time watching this one. I appreciated it, and maybe the discomfort I was feeling meant that it was doing what it was meant to do, but I felt it was too long, and I got the point pretty quickly. That said, I think I would have liked it a lot more if I was in a different mind-space. I do love Julia Garner, though. And am excited to see that new film! And, oddly enough, the new Wes Anderson (thanks for the shoutout).
Steve - It was definitely a hard and rather monotonous film to watch. The thought exercise for me in writing about it was also figuring out what part of me was responding to the discomfort of that reality or just the fact that my action-oriented brain wanted some plot development pronto. If this film were with anyone else but Julia Garner, I would have been out. Maybe Haley Lu Richardson could carry it off but I also feel like she'd just laugh at the whole absurdity and say, "yeah i'm out." Thank YOU for the "Henry Sugar" reco. The trailer is SO fun.