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Post by Hannah Lee on Apr 2, 2018 2:53:53 GMT
Well that was just lovely! Heartbreaking, but lovely.
I hadn't read the book, but heard a bit about it. ( obviously, here and elsewhere)
But I didn't find the story that hard to follow. It wasn't a linear narrative, but it seemed pretty clear when they were shifting time periods. Partly it was the performances, an expression, change in focus or pause from the actors, but also it seemed like there were changes in the direction (like the camera swinging around the actors)
It almost seemed like a piece of music, building emotions and then returning back to scenes / themes as the piece progresses and develops.
The performances were ace! This will definitely be worthy of a rewatch.
Personally, I don't really understand the idea that American audiences can't deal with tv with a non-linear structure. Between Lost and How I Met Your Mother and recently This Is Us, there are certainly plenty of examples of mainstream popular tv shows with non-linear storytelling.
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Post by mllemass on Apr 2, 2018 3:00:18 GMT
I'm sure I remember a scene where he leaves Julie's cottage after his visit and then phones her to suggest he spend the night, but she tells him it isn't a good idea . And I don't think they showed when he left his apartment at the end and didn't put the note on the door. And wasn't there a scene where Julie goes to visit him but he's not home?
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 2, 2018 3:07:15 GMT
Well, I don’t want to offend anyone but until now reviews are much more positive in the USA than in the UK and yes, those who had problems with it was because they found it hard to follow it. IMHO this is because TV is actually much more diverse and challenging in the USA. British do great TV but there seems to be a certain kind of styles.
It of course doesn’t have anything to do with intelligence. Some of the most intelligent people I know have awful taste in movies! (In other words, I don’t agreed with them! 😉)
About the movie and the use of the cámara, I love the disorienting effects in the first scene: the camara but also the sound. The way they mixed silence with the hustle and bustle on the street. I agreed with reviews saying BC’s character shows the disorientation we feel after living something tragic which of course it extends here to breaks in time and space.
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 2, 2018 3:09:16 GMT
I'm sure I remember a scene where he leaves Julie's cottage after his visit and then phones her to suggest he spend the night, but she tells him it isn't a good idea . And I don't think they showed when he left his apartment at the end and didn't put the note on the door. And wasn't there a scene where Julie goes to visit him but he's not home? Wow! Those are very random scenes!
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Post by mllemass on Apr 2, 2018 3:17:35 GMT
Oh! I just remembered another scene that was missing: when they met with real estate agent.
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Post by Hannah Lee on Apr 2, 2018 3:20:04 GMT
I'm sure I remember a scene where ... ] Argh! It's very annoying that Masterpiece does this. PBS controls the schedule. After TCIT ended, there was a 5-10 minute feature with Rebecca Eaton going on about a new adaptation of Little Women. Watching it, I was wishing it was a BTS on the story I just saw. But now knowing they cut scenes from TCIT it really irritates. I did notice some looping for language- a few "bloodys" and "f-infg"s were watered down. No big deal. But cutting whole scenes is a shame.
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 2, 2018 3:26:33 GMT
Oh! I just remembered another scene that was missing: when they met with real estate agent. That scene is devastating because even when it’s an everyday scene it shows what happened immediately after the disappearance: they were judged as parents by the media and probably were suspects in whatever happened to their little girl. As everything here, they decided not to show the melodrama but just made a casual mention of it which in my opinion is much more painful for we, the audience because we imagine it and great for talented actors because they suggest the pain without the manipulation of the melodrama. Sad that PBS though it wasn’t a relevant scene.
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Post by queenzod on Apr 2, 2018 3:29:44 GMT
I am LIVID that they cut scenes! I wanted to see all of it. Grrr.
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 2, 2018 3:33:04 GMT
She is the author of the Indiwire review.
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Post by mllemass on Apr 2, 2018 3:41:35 GMT
I just tweeted my disappointment at PBS. I'm sure they will now change their ways! Ha!
Remember when they did this to Sherlock in S1 and S2? I wasn't aware of it because I first watched it on Netflix, where nothing was cut. But when I watched those same episodes on PBS, there were scenes missing. They said that the episodes were too long for the 90 minute time slots, but apparently it was Sue Vertue who made the cuts before ever sending the episodes to PBS. So she decided what got cut. I think by S3 they decided to give two hours for each episode, and filled the rest of the time with the behind-the-scenes stuff.
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