On an important night. Behind the glass walls of a beautiful house with a garden, Malcolm and Marie are hiding nothing. Little by little they lay bare, literally and otherwise, before the eyes of spectators who are, from time to time, dragged into their world. A world apparently only in black and white but which, when the eye gets used to it, reveals a wide gray scale. In the kitchen, on the stairs, on carpets and sofas, in the bathroom, in the garden, in the bedroom, in every corner of the house we discover the lights and shadows of a couple who live daily the schizophrenia of reality and fiction, of life and cinema .
In both conditions, the keystone is in the points of view, in the perspectives, in the fields and plans, in the shots. In an increasingly agitated battle, we go through the ups and downs of a relationship that lasts precisely because it is tough, difficult. And of a profession, that of cinema, which inevitably has to deal with interpretations and points of observation. Because whoever is a director does not make clay pots. Here comes the criticism and the criticism of the criticism. The obstinacy of wanting to explain art and enclose it in messages and clichés, out of disgust and the clicks they sell. And again the search for authenticity which does not mean reproducing reality but translating it.
Directors and people in general should be evaluated for the choices they made, not for those they could have made. Then leave room for mystery, in cinema and in couples, consider the 'who knows' factor, do not look for answers at any cost. Valuing what is not explained and taking nothing or anyone for granted, trying to be the best version of yourself at every opportunity. Malcolm & Marie goes beyond Carnage and The Story of a Marriage, Levinson's film delves deeper with great knowledge of the facts into the relationship of the couple and the value of cinema as an art. Two conditions undermined by external eyes and their interpretations.
Malcolm and Marie save and destroy each other over and over again. Crazy in love and crazy in love. We don't know why and what keeps them together, just as we never really know what a director intends to do when he tells a story in a film. Certain dynamics remain mysterious and it is precisely this that charges them with value. It happens in relationships as well as in art. We should give in to the loss of control more boldly and be reckless. Live without asking why.
The interpretations, to leave you speechless, by David Washington and Zendaya make an aesthetically and photographically accurate and detailed film excellent and give further value to the script of high literary caliber. The musical choice is also remarkable. Overall perfect.
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