I jut finished the movie and the first thing that i want to tell its i really feel that the movie was too long. Some scenes really feel too much in the "mise en scene" and didnt feel natural and i dont want to be mean but Dario Argento when he talks french take time and he is not really understandable with that accent. But i appreciate it anyway
The idea of the split screen was great and im not gonna lie i really love when they switch places on the split screen when they are face to face. I dont really know how i have been so patient to watch it for 2 hours. The dementia come slowly and the drugs will accentuate that but the mother seem a little bit paranoid and her actions was a little bit confuse (when she throw all the things on Dario Argento's desk). I have hard time also with the performance oh Alex Lutz: he did the job. And trough him we can see the couple and their perceptions of each other. So the husband died because i guess of the pills or something like that and we have also the woman who will die. It was kind of strange and i really think they forced the narration and the mise en scene: i didnt feel myself get into the movie because of some diaogues or some scenes. Dario Argento really struggle with the language and i really felt that i Was in a behind the scenes. Im kind of disappointed even if i really like that they played it naturally in some point (when she got lost at the beginning and stuff like this) but it was too long.
The revelation that make me surprised of the movie was the son and the fact that he was a drug dealer (kind of unexpected). But except that, its just a couple who slowly turn into dementia. Its kind of repetitive sometimes and the dialogues too but if you can watch it and be patient, i think the movie is still interesting visually mostly with the split screen and i really was curious about how they will translate dementia into the screen and i think it was great for that but way too long!
The idea of the split screen was great and im not gonna lie i really love when they switch places on the split screen when they are face to face. I dont really know how i have been so patient to watch it for 2 hours. The dementia come slowly and the drugs will accentuate that but the mother seem a little bit paranoid and her actions was a little bit confuse (when she throw all the things on Dario Argento's desk). I have hard time also with the performance oh Alex Lutz: he did the job. And trough him we can see the couple and their perceptions of each other. So the husband died because i guess of the pills or something like that and we have also the woman who will die. It was kind of strange and i really think they forced the narration and the mise en scene: i didnt feel myself get into the movie because of some diaogues or some scenes. Dario Argento really struggle with the language and i really felt that i Was in a behind the scenes. Im kind of disappointed even if i really like that they played it naturally in some point (when she got lost at the beginning and stuff like this) but it was too long.
The revelation that make me surprised of the movie was the son and the fact that he was a drug dealer (kind of unexpected). But except that, its just a couple who slowly turn into dementia. Its kind of repetitive sometimes and the dialogues too but if you can watch it and be patient, i think the movie is still interesting visually mostly with the split screen and i really was curious about how they will translate dementia into the screen and i think it was great for that but way too long!