Radio show weighs «Ripley» and «Minotaur», two films about murder
On Latvian Radio's show «Kur kritiķiem nav vietas», film critics discuss two films built around murder: Andrey Zvyagintsev's drama «Minotaur» and Anton Corbijn's thriller «Ripley. Talent for Murder».
Film critics Dārta Ceriņa and Žulijens Nuhums Kulibali discuss two new films centred on murder in the Latvian Radio programme «Kur kritiķiem nav vietas» («Where Critics Have No Place»). The conversation was published by the LSM portal in its section on film, photography and television. The films differ greatly in director and approach, but both deal with violence.
Two films, two directors
One is the drama «Minotaur» by Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival. The programme's introduction describes it as controversial. The other is the thriller «Ripley. Talent for Murder» by Dutch photographer and director Anton Corbijn.
What is discussed
The critics talk about how little a person has to do to be seen as an opposition figure in the eyes of the West. That question is tied to Zvyagintsev's film and its reception outside Russia. The second part of the discussion turns to what is left of a film in which, in the participants' view, everything has already been seen.
The headline of the article describes the two authors as a fierce writer and a director who says nothing. The source material does not give plot details or full verdicts on the films. Those can be found in the programme itself.
