To be watched time and time again, in order to grasp all its sides. Therefore, a murder without a reason is an absolute aberration and revenge as an end becomes justice, vital instinct, fight for survival.Įdward’s novel embodies the climax of disenchantment and shares the message of apocalyptic dystopias: law has a value only as long as life has a value.Ī complex movie, where human psyche is at the core of a plot constantly moving between noir and drama, with unexpected western movies’ influences. There must be an end to one’s actions, it does not matter whether it is a noble one or not. Walking around her gallery’s corridors Susan notices a work she had forgotten: a white script on a black background, REVENGE. Hope, which despite everything we are constantly moved to glimpse, is the means through which every character is brought to self-destruction. The beauty of the body is shown in its imperfection, drown in violence and death but never in love.ĭespite his short CV, Tom Ford (also the screenwriter) is very good at manipulating human nature.
CAST OF NOCTURNAL ANIMALS MOVIE
Throughout the whole movie we do not see a kiss or a caress, and sensuality (which is present and it is a crucial element) is entirely expressed through the dialogues.
The paradox which results from this situation is that horror, which is intangible in the real life, is embodied in the (even too much) concrete violence of fiction, which bears the same estrangement that makes Susan a victim of herself. From this moment on, the movie splits into three narrative levels, filtered through her divided mind: the present, in which she reads the novel, the past, which comes back powerful and vivid in her memory, and the book.īased on Austin Wright’s novel Tony & Susan, Nocturnal Animals is a cruel thriller showing a reality without meaning, where even art and feelings are subject to a cold evaluation of loss and gains and where Susan is so alienated by the luxury around her that she cannot even manage to open a parcel without cutting her finger. The next day, Susan starts reading it before going to bed. how he used to call her when they were married. When she returns home after yet another disappointing opening, she finds a parcel from her ex-husband, Edward ( Jake Gyllenhaal), which contains the draft of a novel. Susan (Amy Adams) is an unhappy gallery owner, imprisoned in the apparent perfection of an upper middle class life. Tom Fords Nocturnal Animals is a peculiar beast that will polarize viewers. Check it out.įor more Nocturnal Animals fun check out our interview with Michael Shannon or peruse our highly scientific Jake Gyllenhaal Intensity Scale.Additional info Genre Drama Director Tom Ford Cast Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Isla Fisher, Laura Linney, Michael Sheen Date USA, 2016 Info 116’ Cast: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson. So what is Nocturnal Animals actually about? Well, we've got an exclusive clip of the cast and crew skillfully setting everything up without giving anything away. Its intense mood had audiences buzzing out of its film festival run this past fall, and it's now certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of hitting theaters on November 18, 2016. Written and directed by Tom Ford ( A Single Man), Nocturnal Animals boasts a ridiculously talented cast including Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Andrea Riseborough, and Michael Sheen. That's the case with Nocturnal Animals, a new thriller whose twisty mystery is its greatest selling point. Lead actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams.
Every now and then, though, a movie finds a way to show off a ton of vivid imagery without actually spoiling all of its secrets. Tom Ford scored another coup both onscreen and off, outfitting the cast of his film Nocturnal Animals for its Los Angeles screening on Friday night. Show too little and you risk alienating an audience that can't quite figure you out. Show too much in a trailer, people will blast you for giving away all the best stuff.
It is not easy to market a movie in 2016.
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