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Unreliable narrators

We delve into films that hew closely to the warped perspective of a single character (or, sometimes, multiple characters) and examine how this is achieved and what its effects are.

Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here, Editing, Lynne Ramsay, Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov

Orla Smith / March 28, 2018

Interview: Editing for ’emotional time’ in YWNRH

Editor Joe Bini discusses how he helped craft a visually striking, subjective film by experimenting in the edit. This is an excerpt from the ebook You Were …

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Paul Davies, Sound Design, You Were Never Really Here, Joaquin Phoenix, Lynne Ramsay

Orla Smith / March 27, 2018

Interview: How YWNRH sounds like ‘a head full of broken glass’

Sound designer Paul Davies discusses crafting a subjective mix that sounds like the inside of a PTSD-stricken head. Davies discusses his ongoing collaboration …

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Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here, Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov

Orla Smith / March 26, 2018

Lynne Ramsay: ‘Beautiful images cancel each other out’

In this interview, Lynne Ramsay talks subverting hitman archetypes with gentleness, humour, and beauty. Ramsay discusses collaborating with cinematographer Tom …

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Aoife McArdle, Kissing Candice, Ann Skelly, Ryan Lincoln

Orla Smith / March 5, 2018

Interview: Youth is ‘a dark fairytale’ in Kissing Candice

Music video director Aoife McArdle discusses her narrative feature debut, Kissing Candice, which marks her as a bold new visual stylist. …

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Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino, Timothée Chalamet

Orla Smith / December 16, 2017

Armie Hammer is more than an object of desire in Call Me by Your Name

In Call Me by Your Name, Armie Hammer’s performance as Oliver weaponizes his star persona, allowing us to misread his character in the same way that Elio does. …

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Julia Ducournau Raw

Orla Smith / August 8, 2017

Sisterhood is the saviour in Julia Ducournau’s humanist Raw

In this essay, Orla Smith explores how Raw is as much about the experiences of her sister, Alex (Ella Rumpf), and their relationship — which saves Justine. This …

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