Sunday 12 July 2020

Life Itself (2018 Dan Fogelman & scr)

Yes, well - we know Mr. Fogelman now, know how he has fun misdirecting us (remember 'Nanna' from Crazy Stupid Love?)  Here, well, he does it obviously in the opening story, with Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde, and psychiatrist Annette Bening, 'narrated' by Samuel L.  And also when we meet Laia Costa - the camera is telling us to look elsewhere.

Dylan ties it all together. And the Unreliable Narrator.

In fact my only carp, cavil or comment, is the same as last time - I just don't buy the father, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, would leave his wife and son like that.

Oscar Isaac is outstanding in this - Oscar nominee worthy (didn't win any awards). With: Mandy Patinkin, Jean Smart, Olivia Cooke, Antonio Banderas, Laia Costa, Alex Monner. Photographed by Brett Pawlak, edited by Julie Monroe.

This?


Or this?


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