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SON OF SAUL (László Nemes, 2015)

I may not have been in the right frame of mind for this Oscar winning film as it just didn’t connect with me. For me, the camera work (tight shot over Saul’s shoulder for most of the film) doesn’t feel immersive like a lot of people say it is. Instead, it made all the events around Saul feel distant as most things were obscured, out of focus or out of frame. That deadened what ever emotional impact Son of Saul might have had.
2/5