It’s a film soaked in humanness, the kind of humanness that is the real kind because it is awkward, odd, uncomfortable, doesn’t altogether make sense, and rarely do the interactions or conversations have a clear resolution. It’s (appropriately) slow, and is a fairly straightforward depiction of marital abuse without melodrama (which is probably the point, and in fact makes it a much harder watch). Raging Bull is a fantastic film I will probably never watch again. I had zero clue Raging Bull is A) a biography of real-life boxer Jake LaMotta, and B) mostly about Jake’s (Robert De Niro) volatile paranoia and jealousy within his marriage to Vickie (Cathy Moriarty). Raging Bull is iconic, so I apologize to the film community at large for having never seen it until now, and to my close personal friend, Martin Scorsese, who attended my graduation and whose tiny head I saw on a giant screen which served as the only indication he was in the same room. Triangle of Sadness is available to rent on Apple TV. Actually, forget the third act: the last three minutes of Triangle of Sadness are well worth wading through any nausea or revulsion that comes before. It is Triangle of Sadness’s third act that finally unearths the rage waiting at the opposite end of wealth, when the gap between those of status and those who clean the toilets finally collapses and the results are, well, violent. It’s funny, weird, and a little bit upsetting.Īlmost every scene, from an uncomfortable dinner between dating models Yaya (Charlbi Dean, who passed away unexpectedly after completion of the film) and Carl (Harris Dickinson), to the aforementioned seasickness extravaganza aboard a luxury yacht, to the final act set on a “deserted” island, is a slow, painful destruction of societal status and all its weirdness, like slowly ripping apart a succulent marsh mellow until all you’re left with is a sticky, gloppy mess. Actually, let me rephrase that: it is a grotesque, uncomfortable, mostly batshit skewering of the rich with absolutely zero subtleties about who, exactly, it means to rake across the coals. Triangle of Sadness, a film which takes place over three unhinged acts, is a satirical black comedy. Had I really heard of this movie before that announcement? Had anyone, besides Film Twitter? Yes, this film is a 2023 Best Picture nominee. Charlbi Dean and Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness.
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