Morvern Callar 0.0 / 5 ? Film StudiesCritical QuotationsA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: JKjazzycarCreated on: 29-04-15 12:51 "Charting of moods" over plot/narrative Elvis Mitchell, New York Times 1 of 22 "Sharing her solipsism while never knowing what drives it" Sight & Sound 2002 2 of 22 "[Shot] in a way that suggested the eerie presence of somebody else" Graham Rae, American Cinematographer 3 of 22 "There are no traditional turning points, character motivations, or outcomes" Bec Smith, Inside Film 4 of 22 ""she's fascinating but unfathomable" Sight & Sound 2002 5 of 22 "A nihilist road movie" Elvis Mitchell, New York Times 6 of 22 "Sounds and images, rather than plot, or even character" Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review 7 of 22 "None of her actions are easily explicable" Jonathan Romney, Independent 8 of 22 "Beautifully fragmented tale" with a "visual and melodic haunt" Bec Smith, Inside Film 9 of 22 "Out of key with the usual depictions of youth-culture hedonism" Jonathan Romney, Independent 10 of 22 "Surrealism can be uncovered at the heart of realist storytelling" Sight & Sound 2002 11 of 22 "I enjoy playing with the structure", "taking risks with the form" Ramsay, Eileen Elsey, Vertigo 12 of 22 "Flag-bearer for new British film-making" Jonathan Romney, Independent 13 of 22 "Powerfully enigmatic", "a being-in-transition" Chris Darke, Vertigo 14 of 22 "never allowed insight into Morvern" Matthew Turner, The ViewLondon Review 15 of 22 "Is Morvern Callar a vulnerable innocent, or a cold, amoral opportunist?" Peter Bradshaw, Guardian 16 of 22 "Shows no remorse, no guilt" Sight & Sound 2002 17 of 22 "life of hedonism and ambiguous freedom" Chris Darke, Vertigo 18 of 22 "If she transgresses, it's theft, not murder" Sight & Sound 2002 19 of 22 "Inhabit the moment rather than chase the narrative structure", "conventional...active protagonist, escalating action and sense of closure" Eileen Elsey, Vertigo 20 of 22 "Her individualised virtual reality" Sight & Sound 2002 21 of 22 She doesn't know why she does it, it's almost existentialist" Ramsay, Bec Smith, Inside Film 22 of 22
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