I stuck with this because of Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy and Elle Fanning, whose individual unity of mind/body/spirit and talent kept me from walking away in disgust. I was bothered the whole way by vague puzzles, but toward the end I started thinking about Ingmar Bergman, remembering his films, which I saw religiously beginning in 1958, when I was a first-year student at university.
The copy of "The Nines" available to me happens to have Swedish sub-titles, which felt very appropriate. I strongly suggest that the film deserves patience. Lord knows, the cinematography gives the viewer plenty to do while you sort out the annoying questions raised by sequence, characterization, and coy hints at numerological significance.
There is a unified sense of sincerity behind whatever-the-hell is going on. For all I know Hope Davis represented The Whore of Babylon--a very different persona from Tony Stark's doomed Mom in "Captain America: Civil War." In truth, I have to watch this move--"The Nines"--again. And because of it, I also have to re-view Bergman's work. For the moment, I take "The Nines" as a well-crafted exploration of anybody's reality, laid out by a cruelly meticulous storyteller. Beautifully acted--I remember thinking, "If these fine actors can be patient enough to make this film, I can be patient enough to watch it." And, as I said previously, I'll being in for another viewing. Have fun!!
The copy of "The Nines" available to me happens to have Swedish sub-titles, which felt very appropriate. I strongly suggest that the film deserves patience. Lord knows, the cinematography gives the viewer plenty to do while you sort out the annoying questions raised by sequence, characterization, and coy hints at numerological significance.
There is a unified sense of sincerity behind whatever-the-hell is going on. For all I know Hope Davis represented The Whore of Babylon--a very different persona from Tony Stark's doomed Mom in "Captain America: Civil War." In truth, I have to watch this move--"The Nines"--again. And because of it, I also have to re-view Bergman's work. For the moment, I take "The Nines" as a well-crafted exploration of anybody's reality, laid out by a cruelly meticulous storyteller. Beautifully acted--I remember thinking, "If these fine actors can be patient enough to make this film, I can be patient enough to watch it." And, as I said previously, I'll being in for another viewing. Have fun!!