50/100
Second viewing, no change. My previous review (from TIFF '19) tells the story; this is far and away the 2020 release most beloved by my peers that I didn't "get," though, so I wanted to give it another chance. Briefly thought I might be coming around, as the first half hour or so—when Martin's drive to improve himself intellectually seems motivated primarily by lust—unfolds with a robust fluency that belies its literary origin. And I'd forgotten about Marcello's various…
