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Overture Written by Josh Schmidt and Marius De Vries Starring Josh Schmidt
Synopsis
After decades of solitude, a wealthy family living in a salt mine encounters a stranger. Joshua Oppenheimer described the film as an exploration of whether we, as humans, can reach a place where our guilt is too great to recover from. I don’t think I’ve been this excited about a film in a long time.
Technically, there’s sauce in this film
Oppenheimer’s feature debut was supposed to be an uncompromising and unique vision, but I really haven’t seen anything like it. Apparently, they have no idea how to promote this film, as Neon is set to release it in limited edition in December and there’s still no poster or trailer. I digress, but this film had me excited for most of its run.
The weak links are in the history and the music
The really interesting and detailed environments, cinematography, and use of lighting are also crucial and work to contextualize the walls. While I don’t think the Golden Age musical is a necessary gimmick, I don’t think it’s as fully realized or exploited as they hoped. I’d say at least half of the songs I listened to, but they all sound so similar.
All in all, I really enjoyed this movie
Aside from the moments where it feels like the visuals should match what’s going on, it’s just people walking, talking, and singing their feelings. And this is a very thematically gratuitous movie, as if it’s kept its eggs in too many baskets without giving anything away properly. When it doesn’t scratch the surface of something deep, it can often seem trite.
You can’t put it in a box, and there’s nothing like it that I think is worth looking at
It’s not for everyone, and the guy next to me was so obviously bored, as was my friend, who said she’d probably never watch it again, but she liked it enough. While it doesn’t try to satisfy any lingering questions you have or any larger questions, it does implore you and ask, “Have we gone too far or are we too guilty to recover from the past?”