A beautiful, hand-drawn poster, in black and white no less, has been released for Todd Haynes‘ upcoming follow up to the beloved “Carol,” an adaptation of Brian Selznick‘s “Wonderstruck.”
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Haynes is a filmmaker that I have grown to love over the years. His filmography has masterful works, (“Safe,” “Far From Heaven,” “I’m Not There“) but watching his latest at Cannes, “Wonderstruck,” felt like an endurance test for me. In fact, while watching the film the question I kept asking myself was “Is this movie really directed by Todd Haynes?” None of the director’s visual panache or lack of sentimentality were on display.
The film, split into two interlocking stories, has to do with a Ben, as played by newcomer Oakes Fegley, who is struck by lightning and ends up deaf. He runs away on a solo journey to 1970s New York City to find his long-estranged father and, obviously when one goes on such a journey to NYC, meets a few sketchy characters. The second story is shot in silent black and white and deals with that same boy’s mother at a younger age, Millicent Simmonds as Rose, she’s also deaf and headed to New York City as well to find her long estranged mother. Eventually, their fates do meet and the past connections intensify.
One particularly interesting technical note is that Haynes shot the black and white footage in widescreen (2.35) b&w monochrome.
The Playlist’s Jessica Kiang did give the film a positive review at Cannes and found it quite lovely. Yet critics have been somewhat split on the film, which is expected to be showing at the Telluride Film Festival at the end of the month. Its Tomatometer is currently at 73% based on 41 reviews, which would make this Todd Haynes’ most divisive film since 1998’s “Velvet Goldmine.”
Amazon Studios will release “Wonderstruck” to cinemas on October 20th.
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