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Raw – 2016 Ducournau
- Julia Ducournau’s debut film Raw is rich in subtext. Ducournau wrote the screenplay as well tracing Justine’s (Garance Marillier) entrance into veterinary school and horrifying transformation/awakening.
- Justine is hazed, pressured into getting eating meat, getting a painful Brazilian.
- The opening frame (above) long take string of trees composition is perhaps the strongest in the film- and a sublime one.
- One must applaud Ducournau for having a fresh take on the vampire genre in the 21st This is part Near Dark (1987) and part Cronenberg body horror.
- Ella Rumpf plays Justine’s sister Alexia and Rumpf is superb. Based solely on this effort, if I were to place bets on the future successes of the two actors, I’d put my money on Rumpf.
- Ducournau uses a very nice long take pushing through the student crowd during the song “Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy” by The Dø.
- At the 72-minute mark there is similar shot as the coeds make out at the party as the camera makes its way to Justine in red light.
- The final “I’m sure you’ll find a solution honey” line from the father as Ducournau cuts to red, the credits, and the haunting organ music.
- Recommend but not in the top 10 of 2016
Drake2021-10-03T15:15:09+00:00
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