Saw Todd Haynes’ movie Far from Heaven yesterday – though I havent seen all his work (saw a boring, but cult-hit ‘Velvet Goldmine’, and an ok movie called ‘Safe’)- I have read a whole lot about him in the book ‘Shooting to Kill’.
Great production design recreating the look and the aura of 1950s – but the story was far from interesting – it was very predictable, and almost like a simple drama, and at the end it felt like “whats in this movie? why did they even make it? whats the point?” – but the movie was critically acclaimed with rave reviews.
3/5
Very nice layout and great subject material, hardly anything else we want
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