It is always interesting when people from other artistic mediums try their hand at film making. We had photographer Anton Corbijn a few years ago make 'Control' and now have fashion designer Tom Ford making this film.
The one thing these artists share in common is that they make such visually beautiful films. It is not to say that the story and characters are lacking. But when you watch their films the one thing that strikes you is how great they look. This film really looks wonderful. There is a technique Tom Ford uses in this film where the colour chances in certain scenes when George looks at something he likes. I found it an interesting thing and made the scenes really stand out. The story is good too as we see how a man deals with the death of someone he loves. The story is told in a very poetic way with a few dream like scenes and images. That makes the film stand out from most of the other films about grief. Each person deals with it in their own way and this is how George deals with it. Outwardly George seems fine about things and none of his friends seem terribly worried about him. As an audience though we get to see him behind closed doors and what turmoil he is going through. This makes what we find out he will do a very tense situation.
I've always been a fan of Colin Firth. He seems to add dignity and style to the films he does. He is one of those actors that is bound to get some award recognition. Here he is great at hiding his feelings suppressing his grief. He deserves all the attention he has been getting. Julianne Moore is wonderful as always. She only has a couple of scenes but proves very effective. I've followed Nicholas Hoult since he was in 'About A Boy'. I'm not sure what camera technique they used in this film but Nicholas does not look the same he has in previous films. I'm not sure if it is the 60's look he has. He is excellent though.
A beautiful looking film with a great story to go with it. Well worth seeing for Colin Firth's performance.
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