A very odd film. It was pretty good and Cate Blanchett was amazing, but I feel like it missed out on being great by some odd editing choices that remove a lot of context. Some examples:
A huge number of shots from the first teaser appear to have been cut (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXK-tqy3QS0) which would have built on the horror/psychological elements; especially the recurring maze motif that just felt like a dangling thread.
When she was handed the headset in the final scene, that would have played a metronome in her ear, removing the last of her power that she alluded to in the first scene (about the conductors power to control time) - found this from a musician that commented on it elsewhere.
Without context, the last scene doesn't really establish how humiliating it is either - apparently its a video game symphony for Monster Hunter World. The costumes were odd, but without knowing what it was it didn't quite land for me at the time.
When she was meeting with the assistant conductor to force him out, there's a very deliberate shot of her stealing something from his desk, but it doesn't come up again.
How her symphony notes went missing from her home office should have gone somewhere - either there was a break in or her wife was complicit.
Looking back it seems like it went through an enormous rewrite in the editing room, and there are a lot of dead ends from the original movie that didn't get resolved. I don't know if the rewrite made it a better movie or not, but all of the loose ends made the final product worse.
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Ive always liked Cate Blanchet and always thought she was good. But this is her being greatmi-16evil
Blanchett should win the Oscar just for her passive aggressive accordion playing.Caerus
A very odd film. It was pretty good and Cate Blanchett was amazing, but I feel like it missed out on being great by some odd editing choices that remove a lot of context. Some examples:A huge number of shots from the first teaser appear to have been cut (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXK-tqy3QS0) which would have built on the horror/psychological elements; especially the recurring maze motif that just felt like a dangling thread.
When she was handed the headset in the final scene, that would have played a metronome in her ear, removing the last of her power that she alluded to in the first scene (about the conductors power to control time) - found this from a musician that commented on it elsewhere.
Without context, the last scene doesn't really establish how humiliating it is either - apparently its a video game symphony for Monster Hunter World. The costumes were odd, but without knowing what it was it didn't quite land for me at the time.
When she was meeting with the assistant conductor to force him out, there's a very deliberate shot of her stealing something from his desk, but it doesn't come up again.
How her symphony notes went missing from her home office should have gone somewhere - either there was a break in or her wife was complicit.
Looking back it seems like it went through an enormous rewrite in the editing room, and there are a lot of dead ends from the original movie that didn't get resolved. I don't know if the rewrite made it a better movie or not, but all of the loose ends made the final product worse.
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That last shot is my favouriteTheStonyField
Incredible layers to this film.SpacePauls
I haven't heard this much pretentious ranting in a movie since Jean-Luc Godard died.Axel Fritzler
Joker but for lesbians