Title - Triangle Of Sadness
Production - Imperative Entertainment, Film i Vast, BBC Films
Starring - Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Vicki Berlin, Alicia Eriksson, Zlatko Buric, Dolly De Leon, Iris Berben, Henrik Dorsin, Arvin Kananian, Woody Harrelson, Sunnyi Melles, Thobias Thorwid, Carolina Gynning
Writer - Ruben Ostlund
Director - Ruben Ostlund
Release - 22 September 2022
There's something to be said about how the opening of a movie should suck you in to its world; and failing that, there really shouldn't be a point of watching the movie.
Triangle Of Sadness did that with a sequence that I thought was a documentary because of the way it was shot. Maybe the male models were really models and maybe it was shot documentary-style. But it sucked me in.
The movie was split into three stories, that were linked; while all three stories each had their own three acts. Therefore, the movie was long. Too long.
The first act was the shortest and the editing was tight enough as it only focused on two characters and setting up their relationship.
The second story on the yacht went on for far too long and the whole thing could have been cut down by as much as 20 minutes. There was this little plot with a member of staff going bare-chested but it didn't add to the arc of Harris Dickinson's character.
The "captain's dinner" sequence went on for way too long, as was the sequence that culminated with Woody Harrelson's monologue - almost too abrupt a way to bring in a worldly, if not politically charged, message.
The third story was the most interesting one as we saw a shift in power dynamic, which was always fun.
Ruben Ostlund's script and direction showed something original, with a strong message and with a lot of humour sprinkled all over it. If some of the conversation or mayhem were edited out, it would have been more enjoyable to sit through. But it's European cinema and they are not confined to the Hollywood runtime of more showings per day per cinema.
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