The films reviewed here represent those I have liked or loved over the years. It is not a list of my favourite films but all the films reviewed here are worth seeing and worth seeking out. I know many of you won't agree with me on a lot of these but hopefully you will grant me, and the films that appear here, our place in the sun. Thanks for reading.
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
NEW JERUSALEM
Practically a one-man show. Rick Alverson did almost everything in his
film "New Jerusalem" except sweep out the set, (though maybe he did
that, too). It is, then, as 'indie' as it gets, down to the
non-performances of his non-acting cast. It's a kind of bromance between
two guys who work together in a used tyre depot and who are as
different as night from day. They are played by musician Will Oldham and
the little known Irish actor and writer Colm O'Leary and it has a
lovely improvisatorary feel to it. It's
also singularly lacking in structure or a real centre while being
observational to the point of being almost a documentary with Alverson,
who also photographed and edited the film, getting in as close to his
characters as his camera will let him, illuminating their joys and
sorrows in a way no studio-bound, audience friendly film possibly could.
It's also one of the few films to examine male friendship with this
degree of depth and lack of sentimentality and in its own quiet way it
is also one of the best films I can remember to touch on the subject of
religion. Outstanding.
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