Joanna Hogg on Finding the Heart of ‘The Souvenir,’ the Perfect Frame, and Looking Ahead to Part Two
After a trio of impressive films that arrived fairly quietly to the United States, Joanna Hogg’s fourth film marks a genuine breakthrough for the director, in both expanding her scope in a singular way and delivering a story with immense emotion. As I noted in my review from the Sundance world premiere, The Souvenir tells both a painful addiction story and a behind-the-scenes look at film school struggles as we follow Julie (a beautiful debut performance by Honor Swinton Byrne). The daughter of Tilda Swinton (who also briefly turns up), Swinton Byrne is in every scene, and steals them all. Akin to the revelatory introduction to Tom Hiddleston in Hogg’s first two films, Unrelated and Archipelago, she is the lifeblood of The Souvenir, which follows doomed lovers in a story that is conveyed with feels mined from achingly personal memories.
Through her abstract, painterly compositions and improvisational approach,...
Through her abstract, painterly compositions and improvisational approach,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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