Review of Ascension (2021) by Warren Cantrell for The Playlist — 19 Jun 2021
Stylistically, Ascension borrows from the city-symphony genre at times, with long stretches passing without any dialogue as the camera whips past and through recycling depots, cell phone assembly lines, and poultry plants.
There are no talking heads in the picture or any camera-facing reflections to guide the audience along a narrative, making it less cinéma vérité and more direct cinema in style. It is an effective approach.
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This review of Ascension (2021) was written by Warren Cantrell and published by The Playlist on 19 Jun 2021.
Ascension has generally received positive reviews.
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