Discourse crops up now and again about acceptable movie-watching etiquette: Is it OK to fast-forward through boring parts?
Im not saying I blame these folks.
Theyll move you deeply, challenge your preconceptions, or maybe put you right to sleep.
Any would be a win, really.
To paraphrase the great philosophers Mae West and Xtina: I like a movie what takes its time.
Reviews forNosferatuwere good, but audiences were divided: Some found its pace seductive, some somnolent.
Ball takes his time creating that moodand its nearly all mood.
That’s pretty much it.
The two outsiders spend time together, experiencing the city with a kind of not-quite-romantic melancholy.
Theres no fighting, little action, and plenty of self-serious pontificating.
Its also a supreme technical feat, unfolding in a single, uninterrupted take.
The discussions are largely philosophical, but the scope increases as the movie progresses.
And yet, people were initially put off by the movies chilly formalism and distant, dreamlike feel.
Spencer Tracy leads one of the most star-stacked casts ever(?
If you like it, two more similarly slow-paced installments follow.it’s possible for you to rentBefore SunrisefromPrime Video.
Its all quietly captivating.
Emotions run deep but distant, and its a technical triumph, full of exquisite period detail.
Instead of battle sequences, were most often watching the faces of the grunts witnessing them.
It also includes a five-minute uninterrupted scene of a car driving through a tunnel.
(Nothing exciting happens in the tunnel.)
evolutionit’s easy to forget how many graceful, elegant asides there are on the journey.
Even the film’s kaleidoscopic and consequential finale eschews traditional thrills in favor of something more cerebral.
Though the “main action” here is also fairly subdued, if we’re being entirely honest.
It’s all vibes.
