So Long,
Excellent. A witty family heist sequence before its descent into madness, the two acts bridged together by a crawl to the basement. And that scene is relentless the first time you watch it. Obviously brimmed with concrete class metaphors that sometimes ring hollow, but are still well done and characterized by expectational submission and a calculated, but fruitless fight back till everything comes crashing down with the draw of a hand to a nose. A circus performance that…
My rewatch. The only thing I can mention about this are the awesome shots in the beginning and end. The woman on the fence, the windy field, the steam from the cup on the table. Badass. Not sure about the middle act, or if it's even an act.??? But sure. I need more Russian exposure probably. Not something I can rate.
Edit: also the voiceovers were nice
Tell us a story from before we can remember.
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.” Job 38:4-7
So so baller. One of the best visual representations of God and heaven represented in the 21st century. Such a perfect depiction of Job and the mystery and inscrutability of God that our finite persons cannot comprehend; God’s infinite understanding of time and the purpose of our suffering in all of it.…
