An absolute masterclass on powerful cinematography and moving storytelling. Unfortunately, it is also a masterclass on how to tell an orientalist story so well that nobody bats an eyelash. The abstraction of the land implies that these conflicts are inherent to the middle east, and all middle eastern characters are defined by victimhood or their capacity for violence. Villeneuve is a master of the craft, but this was not his story to tell.
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