By Nick Day
Berberian Sound Studio has made some significant waves on the festival circuit, and it won several awards during 2012’s British Independent Awards ceremony, beating out the other festival darling, Sightseers, in multiple categories. This weekend, you can check out the film in New York City and Los Angeles, or catch it at home on VOD.
The film concerns itself with the trials and tribulations of meek Gilderoy, a British sound engineer working on an ultra-violent Italian horror film, The Equestrian Vortex. Though the film’s narrative deals with the ideas of horror and exploitation cinema, I think it is unfair to label this a horror movie. It’s very much a psychological drama, having more in common with film noir than outright horror or the Italian giallo. Writer and director Peter Strickland has crafted a tightly wound story that blurs genres, with rich cinematography by Nicholas Knowland...
Berberian Sound Studio has made some significant waves on the festival circuit, and it won several awards during 2012’s British Independent Awards ceremony, beating out the other festival darling, Sightseers, in multiple categories. This weekend, you can check out the film in New York City and Los Angeles, or catch it at home on VOD.
The film concerns itself with the trials and tribulations of meek Gilderoy, a British sound engineer working on an ultra-violent Italian horror film, The Equestrian Vortex. Though the film’s narrative deals with the ideas of horror and exploitation cinema, I think it is unfair to label this a horror movie. It’s very much a psychological drama, having more in common with film noir than outright horror or the Italian giallo. Writer and director Peter Strickland has crafted a tightly wound story that blurs genres, with rich cinematography by Nicholas Knowland...
- 6/14/2013
- by Nick
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
By Nick Day
An orchestra quickly tunes up, and then brief silence before the music begins. The film opens with the image of a closed red curtain, some nameless theater, a bit of symbolism that signifies that this particular theater is in fact all theaters, as this film is meant for any and all audiences familiar with the tale of Snow White. Director and writer Pablo Berger is, by way of mis-en-scene, giving you a proper invitation to his particular world, and it would be a shame to pass it up.
Blancanieves is a stunner, at times alarmingly beautiful. It retains enough of the Grimm tale to feel familiar, but finds an altogether original way to interpret the material. Heartfelt and heartbreaking, this film is a celebration of cinema, of Spain, and of the human spirit.
And so, the red curtain opens and Blancanieves begins.
It is important to note that the film is dialogue-free,...
An orchestra quickly tunes up, and then brief silence before the music begins. The film opens with the image of a closed red curtain, some nameless theater, a bit of symbolism that signifies that this particular theater is in fact all theaters, as this film is meant for any and all audiences familiar with the tale of Snow White. Director and writer Pablo Berger is, by way of mis-en-scene, giving you a proper invitation to his particular world, and it would be a shame to pass it up.
Blancanieves is a stunner, at times alarmingly beautiful. It retains enough of the Grimm tale to feel familiar, but finds an altogether original way to interpret the material. Heartfelt and heartbreaking, this film is a celebration of cinema, of Spain, and of the human spirit.
And so, the red curtain opens and Blancanieves begins.
It is important to note that the film is dialogue-free,...
- 4/30/2013
- by Nick
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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