With the greatest respect to Evrim Ersoy, I feel the thread he started should be for the party and Coherence, behind a stand alone film should have its own thread.
Mainly because it was a tie for me with the best film of the festival.
Nice to be able to have a phone call with the director before hand (him being in North America) and then being able to contact him on twitter afterwards for Q&A.
Loved this film, be interesting to see how it plays on a second viewing, but a very effective sci-fi puzzle movie.
Well acted - which the director said was 98% unscripted, shot over 5 nights and the cast didn't really know what was going on so they felt as confused as the characters the portrayed.
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I did wonder if that was the case.TheDukeAbides wrote:Well acted - which the director said was 98% unscripted, shot over 5 nights and the cast didn't really know what was going on so they felt as confused as the characters the portrayed.
This one safely made my top three of the festival. A superb concept, executed brilliantly. Given what it was about, it could easily have been a confusing mess, over complex, silly or unconvincing, but it fell into none of those traps. One I will watch again and recommend.
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Bigcat wrote:I did wonder if that was the case.TheDukeAbides wrote:Well acted - which the director said was 98% unscripted, shot over 5 nights and the cast didn't really know what was going on so they felt as confused as the characters the portrayed.
This one safely made my top three of the festival. A superb concept, executed brilliantly. Given what it was about, it could easily have been a confusing mess, over complex, silly or unconvincing, but it fell into none of those traps. One I will watch again and recommend.
Completelty agree, one of the best of the fest. Not confusing or over-complicated but makes you think about it long after credits roll.
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Also, actually really scary. Not in a jumpy way or anything but in a 'what if' kinda way!
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Yes, totally!morralex wrote:Also, actually really scary. Not in a jumpy way or anything but in a 'what if' kinda way!
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Profound, thought provoking and mind-bending. An intriguing yarn with interesting characters. Perhaps not for those who prefer faster paced fare, while it will be interesting to see how well it stands up to repeat viewings. Still, I thought it was a fiendish puzzler that kept me thinking - and how many films can you say that about these days? 9 / 10
No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering.
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reminded me of Primer, one of my all time favourite films.
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