In reply to Rog Wilko:
Well, I have seen the film already, but was interested to see what others thought.
I have several criticisms.
First, much too long. Most films are about 100 minutes in length and I reckon if you haven’t got your message across by then, it needs cuts. I almost fell asleep in the interminable interview at the start.
Second, deliberately obscure. Apart from some banter in the Juilliard scenes I couldn’t see what her supposed misdeeds added up to.
Third, so many bits of plot were either never fully explained or just looked to be deliberately misleading and/or totally irrelevant to the plot. We never find out anything about the legal stuff, or anything about the suicidal student. When she followed the cellist through the doorway it was like the wardrobe in various children’s tales where you emerge in a totally different world. What was she doing wandering around the cellar? Why did she rush out in terror? Reminded me of Cold Comfort Farm and “saw something nasty in the woodshed”.
Pretentious tosh is my verdict.
edit spelliing (still not sure)
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