In its depiction of the Vatican in flux following the death of the Pope, Conclave explores the ideological schisms, political workings, and impact of scandal in the contemporary Catholic Church.
Quite by luck on Monday I was invited to a screening with a Q&A afterwards with Edward Berger (Director); Nick Emerson (Editor); Lisy Christl (Costume Designer); Suzie Davies (Production Designer); Volker Bertelmann (Composer); Ben Baird, C.A.S (Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer); Nina Gold (Casting) and Martin Ware (Casting)...I am usually quite sceptical of these things but was interesting, especially the sound design, the breathing and the clothing -- they refused to use costumes from the Young Pope as they looked cheap, also about the coffee machines and the photocopier...I liked it more than the book.
I enjoyed the film a lot, even if I thought its presentation of Vatican politics as metaphor for politics more broadly meant something was lost in terms of understanding religion and faith as a thing in and of itself, with its own intellectual dynamics
Yeah, it was really good, I enjoyed it a lot. But I liked the Young Pope too, or the first series anyway, the second I gave up on, apparently Berger is now doing a film about gambling in Macau
I thought this was a very good film and we really enjoyed it, far more political than I expected but I can also see how that might diminish the specifics of religion and its organisation.
As much as I love Tucci, I actually thought his performance was rather unbalanced: or perhaps it was the character which felt rather unmoored? Either way, I didn't think Aldo's candidacy felt especially viable.
But the work of the Sisters, led by Isabella Rosselini was beautifully portrayed: their mundane activities ensuring these men were fed and watered, with spaces to sleep (and bags of toiletries to battle with) was very well depicted.
I thought the sound design was particularly excellent - and watching it in a relatively small screening space it felt appropriately claustrophobic to have such focus on the breath. There was an audible gasp near the end and I was actually more thrilled and touched by those scenes than I would have expected. Solid recommend!
Quite by luck on Monday I was invited to a screening with a Q&A afterwards with Edward Berger (Director); Nick Emerson (Editor); Lisy Christl (Costume Designer); Suzie Davies (Production Designer); Volker Bertelmann (Composer); Ben Baird, C.A.S (Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer); Nina Gold (Casting) and Martin Ware (Casting)...I am usually quite sceptical of these things but was interesting, especially the sound design, the breathing and the clothing -- they refused to use costumes from the Young Pope as they looked cheap, also about the coffee machines and the photocopier...I liked it more than the book.
I enjoyed the film a lot, even if I thought its presentation of Vatican politics as metaphor for politics more broadly meant something was lost in terms of understanding religion and faith as a thing in and of itself, with its own intellectual dynamics
Yeah, it was really good, I enjoyed it a lot. But I liked the Young Pope too, or the first series anyway, the second I gave up on, apparently Berger is now doing a film about gambling in Macau
I thought this was a very good film and we really enjoyed it, far more political than I expected but I can also see how that might diminish the specifics of religion and its organisation.
As much as I love Tucci, I actually thought his performance was rather unbalanced: or perhaps it was the character which felt rather unmoored? Either way, I didn't think Aldo's candidacy felt especially viable.
But the work of the Sisters, led by Isabella Rosselini was beautifully portrayed: their mundane activities ensuring these men were fed and watered, with spaces to sleep (and bags of toiletries to battle with) was very well depicted.
I thought the sound design was particularly excellent - and watching it in a relatively small screening space it felt appropriately claustrophobic to have such focus on the breath. There was an audible gasp near the end and I was actually more thrilled and touched by those scenes than I would have expected. Solid recommend!