The depressed and insomniac the audience saw from the beginning and in the present is incredibly different from the happier and more real version we see in her history, yet it is still the same base character. She does a wonderful job keeping the same basis of a character while moving between two different states of Susan Morrow. This was one of the best performances from Amy Adams I have ever seen. But, the acting can be spoken about indefinitely. The script and the story are a little hard to follow and purposefully complicated, and while the cinematography was incredibly well done, there is not much to say about it after one viewing. I was particularly amazed at Susan Morrow’s costume and makeup changes throughout the stages of her life.Īmy Adams’ portrayal of Susan Morrow is probably the best part of this film, including the performance from Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. Each scene and costume design is incredibly well crafted. Ford does do the mise-en-scene beautifully.
I unconsciously expected this since the director, Tom Ford, is a fashion designer and not as well known for his film career (I was incredibly surprised to hear that he also wrote this script, an amazing feat). It’s beautiful, the match cuts are amazing, but it is not incredibly unique, just very well done for what it is. The cinematography continued to be beautiful as the film continued but there was really not much to talk about there. A common theme throughout the film was this beauty found in horrible places. One of the most notable and most memorable scenes is when Tony sees his dead wife and daughter, embraced and nude, lying together on a bright red couch next to an abandoned trailer. Beautiful scene after beautiful scene is created as they are linked together through many match cuts, when the editor paired together similar shapes in the frame.
OPENING SCENE OF NOCTURNAL ANIMALS MOVIE
The cinematography is another place where this movie shined.
This first scene and the rest of the story plays an important role in what was shown of Susan’s stories, her past with Edward and her present this was something for the viewer to see and understand. The dark lighting left only the family and the attackers to look at, accentuating the vulnerability of the middle class family coming from the safety of the suburbs into this unknown world. The camera within the scene barely moved and is the constant bystander to the horrifying events unfolding. Breaks were given as the camera cuts away to Susan reading and being visibly uncomfortable. The first scene from the book as the family is attacked had my attention constantly. The incredible tension during some scenes was spectacularly done, especially one of the opening scenes. Rape, brutal murder, and more was a constant throughout the film. This story is not for the faint of heart. It seems complicated when written here, but the three stories are interwoven beautifully and as more is revealed throughout the film, some questions are answered while more are raised. These two stories are told at the same time as Susan remembers her life with her ex-husband and why she leaves him for Hutton Morrow (Armie Hammer), a richer and successful businessman. Her ex-husband, Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal) mails her a manuscript of his newest novel, which tells the heart wrenching story of a man, Tony Hastings (also played by Jake Gyllenhaal), whose wife and daughter are raped and murdered by a psychotic man in rural Texas. Tom Ford’s second feature film, Nocturnal Animals, tells the story of Susan Morrow (Amy Adams), an artist and art gallery owner.
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