From My Screen to Yours: Carlos Marques-Marcet on 10.000 KM
Technical pyrotechnics are a relative concept, to say the least. Hollywood-style CG can create alien worlds or giant explosions in tentpole films as well as illusorily seamless cinematography in mid-level independent dramas such as Birdman. Still, seldom do these applications seem to come from a place of necessity as opposed to an external, directorial flourish. The 23-minute unbroken take — realized practically, without effects — that opens Carlos Marques-Marcet’s quietly transfixing debut, 10.000 KM, is the best kind of pyrotechnic: scarcely noticeable and utterly essential. Over the course of these 23 minutes in a dimly lit Barcelona apartment, Alex (Natalia […]
by Sarah Salovaara on Jan 21, 2015
