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Wild Tales (2014) Relatos salvajes (original title)
Director/Writer: Damián Szifrón
Cast: Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa
Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama Thriller
Language: Spaish
Length: 122 minutes
Wild Tales...That's a good name for this movie. It's six separate wild tales...wild, as in wildly dark humor and wildly dark drama. If you like the macabre, then this will probably be to your liking.
The film looked great. In the opening tale on an airplane, I noticed that a lot of detail was paid to the art direction. The basic colors where white and aqua with red used as an accent color. This excellent eye for art direction carried though out the entire film. The shot length, the sets, the lighting were all things of beauty.
The actors seemed to be real people and that's a good thing too. I really liked the POV shots done from inside the airplane's overhead luggage compartment or from inside a printer...they added a unique intimacy as we got an impossible shot, which yielded a candid view of the character. The director really did a first rate job with this film.
I liked the 2nd and 6th tales the best. All of the tales were cleverly done with a twist that reminded me of the TV series Tales From the Crypt.
The 2nd tale which took place in a small diner had a secluded feel with just three characters interacting, it was my favorite.
However the third tale of two men engaged in road rage battle, crossed the line into sophomoric range and was overly violent, IMO. Even worse we didn't need to see a close up of a man's bum as he relived himself on the windshield. Had that shot not been done from inside the car looking through the windshield at the man's nether regions, I would have gave this a higher rating. As it was shot, it was just cheap shock for the sake of shocking and that's not good film making.
The tale of the man who had his car towed was pretty straight forward. His frustration at a corrupt bureaucracy that didn't care, is something we all can relate to. The deepest emotional tale was the man who's son had just killed a woman in an hit and run accident, it was poignantly tragic and felt very real.
The tale of the bridezilla was pretty funny and intentionally over the top, that was the funniest tale. But mostly this is not a comedy, it's a well made, but very dark film.
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Wild Tales (2014) Relatos salvajes (original title)
Director/Writer: Damián Szifrón
Cast: Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa
Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama Thriller
Language: Spaish
Length: 122 minutes
Six short stories involving distressed people and revenge.
Wild Tales...That's a good name for this movie. It's six separate wild tales...wild, as in wildly dark humor and wildly dark drama. If you like the macabre, then this will probably be to your liking.
The film looked great. In the opening tale on an airplane, I noticed that a lot of detail was paid to the art direction. The basic colors where white and aqua with red used as an accent color. This excellent eye for art direction carried though out the entire film. The shot length, the sets, the lighting were all things of beauty.
The actors seemed to be real people and that's a good thing too. I really liked the POV shots done from inside the airplane's overhead luggage compartment or from inside a printer...they added a unique intimacy as we got an impossible shot, which yielded a candid view of the character. The director really did a first rate job with this film.
I liked the 2nd and 6th tales the best. All of the tales were cleverly done with a twist that reminded me of the TV series Tales From the Crypt.
The 2nd tale which took place in a small diner had a secluded feel with just three characters interacting, it was my favorite.
The tale of the man who had his car towed was pretty straight forward. His frustration at a corrupt bureaucracy that didn't care, is something we all can relate to. The deepest emotional tale was the man who's son had just killed a woman in an hit and run accident, it was poignantly tragic and felt very real.
The tale of the bridezilla was pretty funny and intentionally over the top, that was the funniest tale. But mostly this is not a comedy, it's a well made, but very dark film.
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