Saturday, September 22, 2007
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
Today's film was
Not a NYTimes Best Film—too recent—but it will be some day.
Jackie works as an operator of the Glasgow video surveillance system. The new security state in action.
One day she sees a person from her personal past.
We are on our way to a unique thriller. Unpredictable. Incredibly moving.
The filming technique is in the minimal Dogma 95 mode. Handheld cameras and natural light.
Gritty realism which matches the video monitors Jackie watches day in and day out.
Slowly we learn her story as she moves outside the monitor room to find the man who has such an important place in her life.
It is in scottish english so use the subtitles.
This is a 4 out of Netflix5. Maybe a 5. I will sleep on it.
Note: Red Road is the first film in Advance Party, a projected trilogy. This is a set of rules which dictate how the films will be written and directed. They will all be filmed and set in Scotland, using the same characters and cast. Each film will be by a different first-time director.
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