In un distopico futuro vicino, secondo le leggi della Città, le persone single vengono portate all'Albergo dove sono obbligate a trovare un partner in un periodo di quarantacinque giorni o v... Leggi tuttoIn un distopico futuro vicino, secondo le leggi della Città, le persone single vengono portate all'Albergo dove sono obbligate a trovare un partner in un periodo di quarantacinque giorni o vengono trasformati in bestie e spediti nel Bosco.In un distopico futuro vicino, secondo le leggi della Città, le persone single vengono portate all'Albergo dove sono obbligate a trovare un partner in un periodo di quarantacinque giorni o vengono trasformati in bestie e spediti nel Bosco.
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- QuizThe production worked almost entirely with natural light and without makeup. Lighting was only used for some night scenes.
- BlooperWhen the heartless woman is escorting David out of their room, she clearly has blood splatters on the backside of her calf. As she chases David through the halls, the blood on the back of her calf disappears. When David shoots her with the tranquilizer in the back, the blood has reappeared on her calf.
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Loner Leader: We dance alone. That's why we only play electronic music.
- Colonne sonoreString Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1; II Adagio Affetuoso Ed Appasionato
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Juilliard String Quartet
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc
Set in a dystopian future, The Lobster presents a world in which single people are arrested & taken to a hotel where they are obliged to find a matching partner within 45 days or they are transformed into animals & released into the woods. The plot follows David who arrives at the hotel for the same reason but his endeavours of finding a mate before his time is over ends far more tragically than he expected.
Co-written & directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster marks his English-language debut and the idea & inspiration behind it is both clever & admirable. The sequences taking place in the hotel are nicely carried out but its second half lacks the same level of creativity that's present in the first half. The excitement goes missing once the protagonist leaves the hotel and from there on, it just limps throughout its remaining runtime.
The hotel is neatly maintained but it also has a creepy vibe about it. Camera movements are fluid, colour hues wonderfully compliment its overcast ambiance and lighting seems natural for the most part. Editing allows the plot to unfold at an unhurried pace but the whole story feels twice as long because of that, with no idea of where it's headed. Last, the background score is just as odd as the story's content and is intermittently utilised.
Coming to the performances, The Lobster features a fine cast in Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw & John C. Reilly and most of them are simply bland & lifeless in their respective roles. It can be argued that the spiritless rendition of these scripted people was deliberate but it doesn't really help in enriching the experience, at all. The deadpan wit is occasionally amusing but it's also too easy to get frustrated by whatever is happening.
On an overall scale, The Lobster is an uncanny mix of bizarre ideas that, in its effort to play with multiple things at once, may end up drifting many of its viewers. While I found nothing lovable about it, its parody of the society that gives way too much credit to companionship, in addition to the dig it takes at those match-making algorithms which rely on similar traits & likeness factor is one aspect I liked but in all seriousness, The Lobster is too mediocre to be of any significance.
- CinemaClown
- 17 dic 2015
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