Tremendous performances, especially from a young Kim Hwan-hee as the daughter of the main character. Some startling images.
I'm not sure that it needs to be two and a half hours long. Hence the three and a half star rating.
As I so often remark, I should see it again, preferably on a big screen.
This movie is wonderfully shot, scored, and costumed. It features one of the best performances I've seen in my recent movie-watching spate.
I refer to Vicky Krieps as Alma, the muse, etc., of Daniel Day Lewis's dress designer. I must see her in other movies: Hanna?
On the other hand, I don't see as much in the work of DDL and Paul Thomas Anderson as many others do. But that's for another post...
I struggle to find anything to say about MD that hasn't been said many times already. But...
I am wary of movies:
- about movie-making
- that involve dream sequences.
Combining them gives a danger that the movie may be about nothing more than the noodling of the movie-maker.
But this is amazing, and is about so much.
