The dialogue and family emotional drama are reminiscent of a great stage play. But paired with the visual storytelling- the texture, focus and color- this could only be told in film.
I thought I might know where this was going before it even started, possibly an aching but uplifting journey. But it never takes the more comfortable path and keeps digging down to the roots.
The visual art, which of course being directed by an acclaimed painter, is always treated as important to the work as if this is its own exhibition. The memories must be retreaded, dissected, and swallow you whole to be reckoned with.
“Relationships are hard. You never understood that”. Maybe not everyone has this same story-but the struggle to build connection is not only universal, ancient, human- it’s urgent.
The dialogue and family emotional drama are reminiscent of a great stage play. But paired with the visual storytelling- the texture, focus and color- this could only be told in film.
I thought I might know where this was going before it even started, possibly an aching but uplifting journey. But it never takes the more comfortable path and keeps digging down to the roots.
The visual art, which of course being directed by an acclaimed painter, is always treated as important to the work as if this is its own exhibition. The memories must be retreaded, dissected, and swallow you whole to be reckoned with.
“Relationships are hard. You never understood that”. Maybe not everyone has this same story-but the struggle to build connection is not only universal, ancient, human- it’s urgent.
