Fire Walk with Me: Laxe Anchors an Arsonist in Meditative Portrait
If fire is the regenerative metaphor of the phoenix, the same cannot be said for the redemption of the arsonist, at least not as depicted in the simmering neorealist slanted drama Fire Will Come from Oliver Laxe.
Playing like a hybrid character study/docudrama, Laxe enlists the local populace of Galicia in northwest Spain, each glancing across the screen defined by their occupations in an environment which seems to be shifting towards tourism and revitalization.…...
If fire is the regenerative metaphor of the phoenix, the same cannot be said for the redemption of the arsonist, at least not as depicted in the simmering neorealist slanted drama Fire Will Come from Oliver Laxe.
Playing like a hybrid character study/docudrama, Laxe enlists the local populace of Galicia in northwest Spain, each glancing across the screen defined by their occupations in an environment which seems to be shifting towards tourism and revitalization.…...
- 11/3/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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