Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Writer: David Desola and Pedro Rivero
Release Date: 20th March 2020
Hot Rating: 💥💥💥
Among the teen romcoms and true crime documentaries that Netflix can rely on for viewing, the streaming site also has a range of risky movies. Although it would be naive to classify such films as 'indie' productions, their violent and absurd subject matter often provides respite from the conventionality of some streaming content. With his debut feature, Spanish director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia delivers on these fronts by following Goreng's (Ivan Massague) journey up a vertical tower to find food and begin a political uprising to oppose the system altogether. While the film does not shy away from its political metaphors, its execution feels derivative and crude. Plot aside, the film's quasi-brutalist set-piece is a fascinating spectacle; food, blood and bodies are examined through this vessel to explore the kind of political system that would enforce such a scheme. The chaos that ensues is, however, as confined and monochromatic as those concrete walls.
Writer: David Desola and Pedro Rivero
Release Date: 20th March 2020
Hot Rating: 💥💥💥
Among the teen romcoms and true crime documentaries that Netflix can rely on for viewing, the streaming site also has a range of risky movies. Although it would be naive to classify such films as 'indie' productions, their violent and absurd subject matter often provides respite from the conventionality of some streaming content. With his debut feature, Spanish director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia delivers on these fronts by following Goreng's (Ivan Massague) journey up a vertical tower to find food and begin a political uprising to oppose the system altogether. While the film does not shy away from its political metaphors, its execution feels derivative and crude. Plot aside, the film's quasi-brutalist set-piece is a fascinating spectacle; food, blood and bodies are examined through this vessel to explore the kind of political system that would enforce such a scheme. The chaos that ensues is, however, as confined and monochromatic as those concrete walls.
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