{"id":26477,"date":"2017-10-01T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T22:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=26477"},"modified":"2017-10-01T18:25:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T22:25:45","slug":"rift-2017-philadelphia-unnamed-film-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/01\/rift-2017-philadelphia-unnamed-film-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Rift (2017) [Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival 2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A man is receives an odd call from his ex and goes to join him in a remote cabin.\u00a0 As they work through their issues and loneliness, they are haunted by something that may or may not be supernatural in nature.<\/p>\n

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Writer\/director Erlingur Thoroddsen takes an interesting subject of two exes spending time together after a distressed call and adds potential supernatural elements to get an odd at times result of captivating slowness.\u00a0 The characters he creates are very human here and feel like anyone the viewer could know.\u00a0 The themes explored are very human and common with love, loneliness, sadness, and what makes people connect with each other.\u00a0 Here the bulk of the story and these themes are worked out between two men who used to be together, which does make it a gay story, but that is completely irrelevant and the subjects and themes are universal to human beings.\u00a0 The way the story develops and what they discuss are things that could happen to anyone and everyone.\u00a0 The film\u2019s themes are what make it a powerful watch.\u00a0 However, the slowness of the film may turn some people off as it takes forever to get to a point in a grey and weary atmosphere.\u00a0 This does however work well for the film, making it one of the slowest burns in film this year set in the nicest locations that is used beautiful and establishes the loneliness perfectly.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s protagonists are played with delicacy and nuance, giving them a reality that brings the film into a level of believability that works wonders with the story and its uncertainties.\u00a0 In the leads of Gunnar and Einar are Bj\u00f6rn Stef\u00e1nsson and Sigur\u00f0ur \u00de\u00f3r \u00d3skarsson respectively and they work together in a natural way that gives the impression they are indeed ex-lovers and know everything about each other, leading to interesting back and forth between the two may in be friendly or annoyed.\u00a0 Their performances show that less is more, and that human connection is key.<\/p>\n

The story and performances evolve in scenery that is just stunning, beautiful, and filled with grey sadness that fits the film perfectly.\u00a0 These images are created by cinematographer John Wakayama Carey who frames the near emptiness of Iceland in a way that pulls the viewer in and keeps them fascinated.\u00a0 The images not only fit the story and the performances, they almost become their own character.\u00a0 The film has a nice balance of indoors and outdoors scenes that create this dichotomy that shows the togetherness and loneliness as two different being in this setting.\u00a0 The film works these settings and images in a way that creates something that looks almost like a series of photographs in a museum that tell a story of their own.<\/p>\n

Rift is a beautifully crafted film that tells a story of loneliness, love lost, and searching for meaning in life.\u00a0 It\u2019s visually stunning, most grey with carefully selected colors which helps make the loneliness come across powerfully.\u00a0 It\u2019s a film that takes its time, maybe a bit too much time in spots, to build characters that feel real and human, with feelings and connections.\u00a0 The horror elements are few and far in-between but they are definitely there and are not all what they seem.\u00a0 This all leads to a fascinating super slow-burn of a film that works if one is willing to give it the time to build its emotions and themes which it does with talent.\u00a0 It\u2019s a long, very long film that feels it at times but it absolutely worth it in the end.<\/p>\n

Rift is playing at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival on Sunday, October 1st. Tickets can be purchased at https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/festival\/PhiladelphiaUnnamedFilmFestival\/tickets<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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