Review of Monos (2019) by Mauro_Lanari — 30 Jan 2021
(Mauro Lanari).
Madness and violence in a subtropical forest: like Coppola or the first Herzog, with a spasmodic search for the dramatic scene at every single shot. Primordial brutality as in Refn with hallucinatory hints as in Lynch, applied to training Colombian kids as guerilleros. Overly explicit authorial quotes and references, which turn Landes' film into a derivative work. Garrone could have shot it with the "scugnizzi" (street urchins) of Scampia and its surroundings, and it has nothing to share with the cinema of my interest.
This review of Monos (2019) was written by Mauro_Lanari on 30 Jan 2021.
Monos has generally received positive reviews.
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