The Untamed
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- signature
Heavy, measured, measured drama / fantasy, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A meteorite deposits an alien monster with strange powers near the home of an unhappy couple.
Our read · The Untamed (2016) reads as a heavy, measured, surreal drama · fantasy · horror entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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The shape of The Untamed
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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