Savage Grace
Unable to watch more than 5 minutes from the Eurovision contest on Saturday night (which is actually 5 minutes more than I intended to watch), I decided to put on a DivX and enjoy Savage Grace instead. Tom Kalin’s 2007 film about the life and death of Barbara Baekeland was quite a strange take on this allegedly famous homicide. Kalin focuses on the strange relationships amongst this dysfunctional family in quite a superficial way, initially concentrating on the social life and status of the Baekeland family and later focusing on the sexual relationships and issues of homosexuality. While the photography, beautiful scenery (from Spain) and cinematography takes us back in time and gorgeously sets the scene, the script and especially the dialogues are too sparse and out of context, in some cases sounding even random. This makes it impossible to get into the character’s mentality and unfortunately disappoints in taking the story to the next level. I personally found the film quite enjoyable (although the disturbing storyline may upset some people) but mostly because it saved me from watching the Eurovision contest. As far as the actors were concerned, Julianne Moore was once again a joy to watch, Stephen Dillane was somewhat nonchalant, Eddie Redmayne (the family’s son) was quite convincing and Elena Anaya was the beloved Blanca (for whom we will dedicate our next post). Recommended only as a visual trip to sunny Spain or a break from the usual Hollywood blockbusters.
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