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Bones and All challenges viewers with contrasting emotions. Its open-ended script allows for interpretable themes. The plot could be a metaphor for addiction, poverty, sexuality, being different, or destructive consumerism. Ultimately, these protagonists have been condemned to unchosen lives of compulsion, self-hatred, compromised morality, isolation, and strained survival. Meanwhile, characters are significant, dialogue is natural, tension is subtle, and the setting is weighty. Plus, the acting is conflicted, layered, raw, believable, vulnerable, intense, melancholy, and understated. There is also great chemistry in the core romance. Consequently, Bones and All is tragically human.
Technically, Bones and All is elegantly gritty, retro yet genre-bending. The visuals use film gauges, movement, composition, desaturation, focus, space, and varied lighting. Its production design is grungy and desperate. The editing employs dissolves, jump cuts, intercuts, smash montages, and deliberate pacing. Its audio is atmospheric and visceral, adding split cuts, narration, detailed violence, symbolic diegetics, stings, non-diegetics, and silence. The fitting cast is recognizable and the practical effects are vivid. Lastly, the unconventional music is restrained, unsettling, and heartfelt, perfectly harmonizing the inventive tones. Overall, Bones and All is refreshing and honest.
Writing: 9/10
Direction: 10/10
Cinematography: 9/10
Acting: 10/10
Editing: 8/10
Sound: 9/10
Score/Soundtrack: 10/10
Production Design: 8/10
Casting: 8/10
Effects: 9/10
Overall Score: 9.0/10
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The other day I got out and saw Bones and All and found it quite interesting. I’ve never had to like cannibal characters before so that was a whole journey throughout the film. Taylor Russell is somehow so sweet in this movie despite the fact that she eats people!! She has a lot of screen time alone and with Rylance before she meets up with Timothèe Chalamet, the two of them work pretty well together even though their relationship is very confusing. Mark Rylance is phenomenally creepy as Sully and whenever he was on screen I felt sick and worried for the people around him. Michael Stuhlbarg and David Gordon Green have such an odd and short role about half way in that really only exists to give us the meaning behind the title of the film. I quite like that meaning, it’s nothing profound but it makes a lot of sense. Chloë Sevigny and Andrè Holland add so much trauma to Russell’s character and you can’t help but feel bad for her while also kind of understanding why they did what they did. Luca Guadagnino’s directing is the star of the show, this film is shot so well and what really gives it that level of separation from the usual book adaptation. But at the end of the day the movie is way too long. I think a lot of time could have been shaved off and a few scenes edited down a little, it has way too much breathing space. And it goes without saying that this is pretty gruesome, not as bad as other films that I’ve seen but considering the gore comes from cannibalism I thought I’d drop a fair warning. The very first time we see a person get bit they do not shy away from the damage done to her. I think Bones and All is a good watch for the determined viewer that might be better enjoyed at home when it’s steaming so you can speed up some of the down time. I think I would still give this film a solid 8/10 despite my run time issues. It’s well made, well acted, and despite being like only one song it’s well scored. There’s better things out to see this week though so if you can only see one I wouldn’t recommend this one but I would recommend seeing it whenever you have the chance. -Tyler.
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