Tag: film
-
Christopher Nolan’s “THE ODYSSEY”: Where the Lines Between Commercialism, Grandiosity, and Good Taste Blur
My perspective as an Eastern European filmmaker It has always been particularly risky for directors and dramaturgists to stage adaptations of classic works, whether on screen or on stage. The problems arise on several fronts – either academics, literary scholars, and other scholars dispute the authenticity of the adaptation and consequently its entire worth (because…
-
THE TIES WE CARRY: ON KRISTINA SPASSOVSKA’S “MOTHERLAND”
After an accident, a young woman is forced to stay home and be her mother’s two hands. A family made up of an emigrant mother and daughter is on the verge of being split apart, just as the moment arrives for the daughter to set out on her own path. Right at this fateful moment,…
-
“THE FATHER” BY FLORIAN ZELLER: IN DEPTH ANALYSIS
A few introductory words — what you are about to read is an incredibly long text that I wrote as an university assignment. Anthony Hopkins delivers a wonderful performance in this film, and if you are planning to watch it, prepare yourself to shed some tears. The Father is a film that builds its narrative…
KinoCritic 