The single take where Agu thinks that he found his mother and realized it wasn't her..... That whole scene was absolutely incredible film making. I was in Awe of that kid's performance in this film.
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I agree. The whole episode is one of the most telling / shocking of the film. At his heart, all he wants to do is find his family/mother. He breaks down when he fantasizes the woman is his mother, and later he just kills her when he realizes they are just here to destory.
sharelater he when he just kills her when he realizes they are just here to destory
I'm scared of the middle place between light and nowhereshare
I saw it the same way Poppy
shareAgreed, I think it was a moment of clarity when he empathizes with one of their victims. He'd seen them as his mother and sister and instant before, now he was watching her being raped so he put her out of her misery.
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Exactly. And to add in that these scenes are a reality to hundreds of thousands of real children is scary.
shareThat was an impressive shot. I wonder how many takes they did.
shareI was so caught up in the film and the scene I didn't even realize it was one long shot, an indication of how engrossed I was in the experience.
Cari Joji Fukunaga looks like he's turning into a master of the single take; his six-minute tracking shot in True Detective is almost mind-boggling in its tension and complexity.
*beep*