I missed last week's newsletter. Sorry for leaving you in the dark.
But I spent most of last week in the dark.
At BIFF, the Busan International Film Festival, I watched eleven films in 6 days.
By the fourth film, I’d stopped following the plots and started watching the frames.
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Every shot gives the viewer instructions about where to look.
Last night I saw Fjord, Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner, about a devout Romanian-Norwegian family whose five children are taken by the Norwegian state.
The turning point happens in a living room. (No spoilers.)
