Review of Cold War (2018) by Netflic — 14 Jan 2019
Marriage therapists would have a field day with two main characters - a woman who would give her life for her man, but not giving him a normal life even given the opportunity, self-destructing and ruining him in the process; and a man who throws away his life for that woman.
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Why, then, two perfectly balanced, happily married people, like us, experience strong connection with those two, feeling their every raw emotion?
It has to do with the mastery of the filmmaker, Pawel Pawlikowski, Polish director who made "Ida" (best Foreign Movie in 2013). The movie is dedicated to his parents and loosely based on their love life. They separated and got back together three times, leaving back their new spouses.
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Music carries the whole film, from folk Polish songs and dances to soviet-era Stalinist songs to jazz, it helps to create authentic feeling of post-War Europe with the main theme of one forbidden love ("Two Hearts"). It is stylish, artsy, and atmospheric, with beautiful black-and-white cinematography.
The script is deliberately jumpy, leaving lots of room for imagination to fill the gaps. There is something Shakespearean in this story of two lovers who cannot live without each other yet cannot be together as well.
This review of Cold War (2018) was written by Netflic on 14 Jan 2019.
Cold War has generally received very positive reviews.
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