Believe it or not, "Mother and Son" is one of the only art-house films I would recommend to be shown at a daycare, particularly during naptime.
Although Aleksandr Sokurov's "Mother and Son" really is the harrowing and hypnotic mini masterpiece of slow cinema many have claimed it to be, it still has its moments of tediousness. Your average viewer would likely sleep throughout a majority of this film, no matter how brilliant it truly is, and although I am a strong appreciator of slow cinema, there were moments during this tragic little film in which I was ready to doze off.
However, I can now realize that my patience was well rewarded, for this film is among the most beautiful ever made. I am not sure what type of lens was used to shoot this film, but it looks gorgeous and dreamlike. This tale of sorrow and love is told in a manner that is both real and surreal, it is a film that sits in silence, forcing its viewers to witness the pain of separation and death.
It's a film that is both sad and slow, but it is also poetic and beautiful like few films have ever been.
Although Aleksandr Sokurov's "Mother and Son" really is the harrowing and hypnotic mini masterpiece of slow cinema many have claimed it to be, it still has its moments of tediousness. Your average viewer would likely sleep throughout a majority of this film, no matter how brilliant it truly is, and although I am a strong appreciator of slow cinema, there were moments during this tragic little film in which I was ready to doze off.
However, I can now realize that my patience was well rewarded, for this film is among the most beautiful ever made. I am not sure what type of lens was used to shoot this film, but it looks gorgeous and dreamlike. This tale of sorrow and love is told in a manner that is both real and surreal, it is a film that sits in silence, forcing its viewers to witness the pain of separation and death.
It's a film that is both sad and slow, but it is also poetic and beautiful like few films have ever been.