There are much worse ways to spend 80-minutes, and thankfully this Greek film is not one of them. Directed by Yorgos Goussis on the Ionian Sea island of Kefalonia, between December 23, 2020 and January 1, 2021, Magnetic Fields is a quiet, thoughtful, pleasure to watch.
I was especially interested to learn that the above three named participants also 'wrote' the script, although for the most part much of the screenplay seems to be have been ad libbed rather than written down with lines for the actors to learn.
The acting and dialogue are completely naturalistic and believable, and I was more than happy to ride with Elena and Antonis, and share their road trip with them.
In an era when viewers are bombarded with high speed car chases and fast-paced action sequences created mostly with the help of CGI (and soon, Artificial Intelligence), immersing myself in this movie was a source of great delight.
I was especially interested to learn that the above three named participants also 'wrote' the script, although for the most part much of the screenplay seems to be have been ad libbed rather than written down with lines for the actors to learn.
The acting and dialogue are completely naturalistic and believable, and I was more than happy to ride with Elena and Antonis, and share their road trip with them.
In an era when viewers are bombarded with high speed car chases and fast-paced action sequences created mostly with the help of CGI (and soon, Artificial Intelligence), immersing myself in this movie was a source of great delight.