I actually just caught CHILDHOOD and VOX LUX and I can tell Corbet is not one for subtlety, which will lose him points with some arthouse denizens. But I am 100% here for his maximalist approach.
Yeah, subtlety is not his aim, though I don’t think that means an absence of complexity. Critics and others often see the two as one thing, but that’s a mistake imo.
I actually just caught CHILDHOOD and VOX LUX and I can tell Corbet is not one for subtlety, which will lose him points with some arthouse denizens. But I am 100% here for his maximalist approach.
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Yeah, subtlety is not his aim, though I don’t think that means an absence of complexity. Critics and others often see the two as one thing, but that’s a mistake imo.