The Model (1994) Poster

(1994)

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10/10
Wonderful adaptation of Malamud's short story "The Model."
marclevy764 June 2009
Director Jonathan Borough and Cinematographer Simon Riera create haunting, elegant visuals that capture nuanced performances by the film's two leads.

The palette is earthy, grainy, with stunning static compositions and meticulously-constructed actor blocking. The sound design is intimate. We hear the sounds the little objects in the room make - the ones we normally don't pay attention to.

This film will transport you to the aged living room of a lonely man who yearns to live again. It's the type of film that makes your skin feel like the barometric pressure has dropped outside, and that a stormfront might be moving in.

This film is courageous and bold, and yet profoundly simple.
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10/10
Clever
Pursewarden29 August 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Jonathan Brogh short, takes on a very old man that decides to start painting again. He hires a nude model. The whole point of the short is a clever reflection of the tin line between art and prejudice. After a while, the model suspects she's with a dirty old man and demands to see his work. He refuses, is not finished. The model is furious, he apologizes, is a very old, sad man, didn't knew he had forgotten how to paint. She leaves taking the money. The last shot is the opposite from that very long joke THE BELLE NOISEUSE, as in some of the best shorts, an unexpected note that rewrites everything behind. A good example of New Zeland's film.
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