Film, music and book lover; amateur musician (lapsed)
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2009
For me, this is as near to perfect as you get. Composition, framing and editing are stunnning; characterisations are rounded, and achieved with such economy of writing as well as beautifully understated depth of performance; subject matter is both gently funny and lightly mocking, but never sneering - always with great empathy and understanding for the characters.
Brief but fascinating post-screening Q&A with the director.
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2011
I find this a deeply affecting piece of cinema.
It’s an affectionate, down-to-earth, and poetic portrayal of a solitary figure - Jake - living in what appears to be contented isolation. The tone gently shifts between quiet meditation, subtle humour, and occasional moments of playful surrealism.
At the still centre of the film is a single static shot lasting over seven minutes: Jake sits on a homemade raft as it slowly drifts across the frame, the figure hunched in quiet contemplation; a scene of beauty, calmness, peacefulness.
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2009
For me, this is as near to perfect as you get. Composition, framing and editing are stunnning; characterisations are rounded, and achieved with such economy of writing as well as beautifully understated depth of performance; subject matter is both gently funny and lightly mocking, but never sneering - always with great empathy and understanding for the characters.
Brief but fascinating post-screening Q&A with the director.
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2011
I find this a deeply affecting piece of cinema.
It’s an affectionate, down-to-earth, and poetic portrayal of a solitary figure - Jake - living in what appears to be contented isolation. The tone gently shifts between quiet meditation, subtle humour, and occasional moments of playful surrealism.
At the still centre of the film is a single static shot lasting over seven minutes: Jake sits on a homemade raft as it slowly drifts across the frame, the figure hunched in quiet contemplation; a scene of beauty, calmness, peacefulness.
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