Hard Candy is some fine stuff
WeatherGirl has written one of her wonderful mini-reviews of the film Hard Candy, which we saw over the weekend. I just want to echo the positive sentiments. It’s a remarkable example of the power of quality writing and acting, of creativity and talent over special effects and flash. Not easy going, but absolutely worth it. And if you haven’t seen it, don’t trust any sense you’ve formed of the film from things you’ve read or seen. It’s a remarkably hard thing to describe, and it’s difficult to imagine any amount of textual description truly anticipating the experience of watching it.
There is much that is worthy of praise in this, but I must put in a plug for the amazing camera work. The colors and image composition and focus work are all quite outstanding. I’d have a hard time pull that sort of stuff together in a single still shot, and they pulled it off in (moving) frame after frame. Wow.
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