IO (EO)
Watchable. Polish Oscar candidate. Shot in Poland and Italy, the film's a string of incidents in which the donkey partakes. It does put our attitude to animals: entertainment, fur, meat, hunting, dog-like robots in the limelight, but the style is a mixture of mundane, unsophisticated shots and highly artistic ones. It often drags. The sound is sometimes mono, sometimes it surrounds you - unsteady quality again. A set of vital issues is tackled but they're meaningful for few, few are evocative too. Most of it seems accidental. Though the animal changing hands is casual in real life as well. It doesn't tell you anything you wouldn't have known already. One important human-related issue is when the truck driver is taming the black girl like a dog. My guess is it's been nominated for an Oscar because so many Academics share the moral values. But it has strong competitors in terms of cinematic quality.
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