Bertrand Bonello‘s Nocturama was among the finest films we saw last year and, thanks to a U.S. release that commences next month, should stand as one of the best released in 2017. Those who haven’t yet seen the thing may wonder why it’s endured through the noise that accompanies a nearly year-long run from festival to theatrical. My guess: it’s a thing to be overpowered by, to hear and see and feel, and because of Bonello’s careful excision of what typically characterizes a terrorism thriller — carnage, clear motivations, a palpable sense of right and wrong — it has all the more potential to stick to the brain.
And there are some earworms: Blondie, Chief Keef, Shirley Bassey, and, already infamously, Willow Smith. They’re great, but Nocturama‘s prime needle drop might be Heartsrevolution’s “Ultraviolence,” a blown-out and thickly layered tune, throbbing like the id...
And there are some earworms: Blondie, Chief Keef, Shirley Bassey, and, already infamously, Willow Smith. They’re great, but Nocturama‘s prime needle drop might be Heartsrevolution’s “Ultraviolence,” a blown-out and thickly layered tune, throbbing like the id...
- 7/3/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
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