Saturday, August 08, 2015
Shit scary
Today's movie is Xavier Dolan's psychological thriller.
Tom à la ferme" / Tom at the Farm (2014)
A city boy goes to the country to attend the funeral of his boyfriend. He stays with the family. Invited by the mother. The older brother also lives at home. Crazy shit ensues. Hitchcockian!
Every minute of this film pushes through to the next. No space at all. Dolan wrote and directed this as well as acted the title role.
If you read the credits and you will want to so you can hear Rufus Wainright sing the final anthem, you will see that Dolan is listed for many of the credit categories and it is a very long credit long. This is a big deal Montreal production.
Dolan has been given a great deal of credit for keeping his films at home where he lived and grew up.
That he won the last Cannes in 2014 and was on the Grand Prize jury in 2015 speaks clearly of his talent. Recognizably outstanding. And he is only 26!
I look for more from him. He has an important body of work ahead of him.
Just a small note. The angel on the car mirror at the opening was featured in the last film we saw. Just sayin'. Auteur.
