JasonGuzman

This film was sad and joyful. It depicted the times accurately in art direction and the setting was beautiful with a lot of real snow! Giamatti is an American treasure. This is a beautiful testament to how relationships can deepen when they share in each other's pain and loneliness during a tumultuous time in history - 1970. I barely ever write reviews but this film deserves more praise especially in light of the fact that it didnt win that many awards and Oppenheimer got the all the glory. This is the best film of the year! A real movie about a specific time and place in history and dealing with human connection.

This is the first film from the 60s that ive seen. I am really impressed by the style of this film and the attention to detail in the faces and the landscape alike. The constant rain in an island off the coast of Turkey is a perfect setting for this tale about a prideful painter who falls in love with a painting of a woman whose house hes working on. He says he fell in love with the picture and not the woman. In a way hes describing the kind of love that many people fall victim. Wanting to feel safe knowing that your beloved wont judge you as long you never engage in any love that is never certain. It's beautiful, romantic, full of longing. The male performance was kind of wooden but the rest of the cast makes up for it. Especially the woman who is luminous , especially against the landscape. This film breathes so beautifully like few films to. The pacing is gorgeous, the cinematography is captivating, the images tell the story like real cinema can.