Review of The Way Back (2011) by François C — 06 Nov 2011
Great landscapes. Fine performances. Solid direction. And moving.
It does feel less than it could have been though, and I think in the end, it might be a bit literal-minded for its own good. It's at its best when it tries to move beyond the literal -- e.g. the passing of the first comrade. Making it more along those lines would have made the constraints of scale less significant.
Not sure about Burkhard Dallwitz's music. It's too much of an old emphatic film score but done within a synthetic framework. The music doesn't feel like it consistently represents the kind of higher ideal that a film like this needs (e.g. artemyev's music in Stalker comes to mind).
This review of The Way Back (2011) was written by François C on 06 Nov 2011.
The Way Back has generally received positive reviews.
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