Wednesday 6 March 2024

Film No. 15. CLUB ZERO (2024). 28th Feb.

 

Film No. 15  (2024)  February 28th.  6:30 PM  LUNA LEEDERVILLE,  Cine 1, Leederville.

 

"Conscious eating strengthens and purifies our bodies." (Ms Novak introduces her class to her key philosophy for healthy nutrition).



NOMINEE: Palme d'Or (Jessica Hausner) Cannes 2023.







Is CLUB ZERO (C Z) disturbing in a way that might encourage young people to think twice about falling for influential sub-cultures? Maybe, and that would be one positive to come from the film ?


So, you are a wealthy parent. You can send your child to a prestigious school secure in the knowledge that this will be a set and forget exercise. Your child will be taught by the best, and achieve to the max. But - what if one of your child's teachers is a charismatic, mistress of manipulation? The subject she teaches is nutrition and her message is that food will only poison the mind and body. Her classes can best be described as being in the realms of evangelical brain washing.


It may well be that C Z is the best made film, I've least enjoyed in a while. The dystopian style, set against a colourful but disturbing pallet, and highlighted by Mia Wasikowska's beguiling Ms Novak, add up to a competently made film. But a film I didn't care for much.    7GUMS.


   



 

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