No. 98 (2022) BONES AND ALL. Nov. 22nd.

 

Film No. 98 (2022)  November 22nd.  6.30 PM   Cinema 5.  LUNA,  Leederville.

 

"It's only love that will set you free". (A segment of the  lyrics that thump in the background of the trailer.)

 

Winner : Best Director & Actor, Silver Lion (Luca Guadagnino & Taylor Russell)  Venice Film Festival 2022.

This may be a difficult piece of advice I'm about to offer, never the less I'll offer it. Try to look past the blood and gore that floods the screen occasionally in BONES AND ALL. The fact our "heroes", Maren (Taylor Russell) and Lee (Timothy Chalamet) are cannibals is no more significant than if they were green people or double headed. They belong to a significant minority. Themes of love, longing, loneliness and belonging are recurring veins (yes, I know!) which wind their way through the tale that is BONES AND ALL.

The fact that cannibalism is at the seat of Maren, Lee and Sully's (Mark Rylance) existence heightens our senses. A heightening that will leave you less comfortable in your cinema seat. It will give you a greater sensitivity to the feelings of our characters. Let me tell you, it's a very unique love story.

My love of this piece of cinema is all to do with the creative flair of Luca Guadagnino (SUSPIRIA, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME). He has created a road movie depicting heartfelt love, dripping with an awful sense of foreboding which forces audiences to react because of the brilliance of the film-making. BONES AND ALL will shock, but for good reason. And all hail Warner Brothers/United Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; big studios taking risks like this bodes well for the future of the industry.  10GUMS.