I am shocked by how engaged and moving a film told only through still photography and narration could be. It feels like a project that would be given to someone in film school. While elements of the story confused me, the core of the film is so enthralling. The editing choices work so well to keep the pace up, it could be easily overlooked. When they chose to cut versus dissolve and how quickly they cut is masterful. Going into it, I thought the narration, might not be that strong, but it is written so concise with sentences so well constructed (it reminds me of how smart dialogue could be as in THE FAVOURITE for example) that it pulls you in. This was a film that grabbed my brain and dragged me into it. I haven’t seen 12 MONKEYS yet (mainly cause I don’t love Terry Gilliam), but now I wanna check it out.
