The first English-language film by Claire Denis is a beguiling, audacious journey into space, with Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche along for the ride
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‘Da-da.” “Ta-boo.” These two words are spoken early on in Claire Denis’s singular head-trip through the cosmos, from a father to his infant daughter. He’s teaching her the building blocks of our existence as Homo sapiens: the biological, expressed as the genetic bonds linking progenitor and progeny, and the sociological, represented by the arbitrary precepts ruling what is and is not natural. These oppositional forces – the organic inclination of the body, and the ego’s drive to pervert it – are locked in a tug-of-war aboard the orbiting station that sets the scene for this space odyssey, in which both the god-given and manmade aspects of personhood start to break down.
See our unfolding list of the year’s 50 best filmsMore on the best culture of 2019
‘Da-da.” “Ta-boo.” These two words are spoken early on in Claire Denis’s singular head-trip through the cosmos, from a father to his infant daughter. He’s teaching her the building blocks of our existence as Homo sapiens: the biological, expressed as the genetic bonds linking progenitor and progeny, and the sociological, represented by the arbitrary precepts ruling what is and is not natural. These oppositional forces – the organic inclination of the body, and the ego’s drive to pervert it – are locked in a tug-of-war aboard the orbiting station that sets the scene for this space odyssey, in which both the god-given and manmade aspects of personhood start to break down.
- 12/10/2019
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
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