Sunday, October 2, 2011

The Mill and the Cross

Sweden/Poland Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling

An extraordinary film that illuminates and brings to life a painting done by Brueghel the Elder 500 years ago. The work is "The Way to Calvary." Incredible lighting and special effects techniques make each frame jump out at the viewer and reproduce the look of the Dutch masters in real life.

The intent was to take the thoughts imbedded in the painting, its characters and scenes and humanize them using actors, locations, costumes, folk traditions, music and...most importantly...imagination.

An astonishing amount of thought and effort went into this film. Unique in world cinema.

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