THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Watchable. An enigmatic village on a small island off the Irish shore. A tight-knit community. The daily routine is altered by a petty conflict which grows to ludicrous proportions. The plot can be treated as a psychological drama but the "civil war" on the mainland indicates it's a metaphor and analysis of the Troubles. Still, it's mostly a dissection of numerous pathologies troubling the island. Disturbing, weird, shockingly brutal and dragging at the same time. In spite of evocative Irish landscapes, the story's a figment of sick imagination and with 100% staged dialogue. It's frightening people like the movie, even Academy members (hence they nominated it in several categories). What's wrong with people they indulge in this freakie film where perversions pile up and nearly everyone (maybe apart from the wife and the barman) is seriously disturbed? It's like a mental asylum on an island, just without doctors. This accumulation of pathologies is sick. Although I admit some of the stories I've heard even about the aftermath of the Troubles are disturbing too. Still, film-wise, it's an odd slow movie. The Oscar-nominated music is nothing special either. The finale leaves no hope. The whole thing is unpleasant and depressing.
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