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Tale of Tales – 2015 Garrone
- Visually inspired baroque fantasy
- Starts with a long tracking shot walking and arriving into this amazing world
- Décor detail is truly inspired- there interior of the castle with the maze-like walls
- A gorgeous shot on a bridge before the Toby Jones introduction
- The maze—Kubrick in The Shining
- The three thrones are beautifully designed- ornate
- It’s eerie and unsettling but there’s deadpan humor as well that’s quite effective. In a aftermath of an orgy scene with Vincent Cassel (perfectly cast as a sexual marauder for the 10th time) he kicks a peacock out of the way- it’s great
- Shot of Cassel walking down a hall of windows- stunning

- Garrone really sets the frame—meticulous- Wes Anderson or Kubrickian level of symmetry
- The leaders of the three kingdoms are absurd and the entire film is really about unchecked hubris backfiring

- On-location shooting in Tuscany—gorgeous establishing shots—the emerald green forest
- A rock solid Desplat score
- An eye for architecture
- There’s a bit of Bela Tarr in the off-putting rhythms and world being created here— eerie
- Highly Recommend- maybe even leaning HR/MS
Drake2022-02-09T23:12:27+00:00
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Have you seen Garrone’s Dogman(2018), Pinocchio(2019) and Io Capitano(2023)
@Lionel – yes on Dogman, not on the others