Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug0FT_2YQNQ
De nieuwe van Alfonse Cuaron ziet er schitterend uit, en ook prachtige muziek in de trailer Komt uit op Netflix, maar ik hoop dat dit ook op groot scherm zal draaien, zeker gezien de cinematography. De film heeft vanmorgen een staande ovatie ontvangen op het filmfestival in Venetie. De reviews zullen vandaag wel verschijnen, maar Oscar buzz is al gaande.
“Roma” is set in Mexico City in the early 1970’s. The story follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him, Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s.
Cuarón and Linde refrained from discussing more about the plot, but the filmmaker made one thing clear — it stems from a deeply personal place. Unlike anything else in the director’s oeuvre, “Roma” draws on Cuarón’s own memories of growing up in the 1960s and ’70s in Mexico City.
The other major talking point around “Roma” is a big one that has left many in the industry scratching their heads: While Cuaron is known to produce big screen experiences, and shot “Roma” on 65mm (the film used the Alexa65 digital camera), the movie will be distributed by Netflix — a company not exactly known for favoring theatrical distribution.
Linde stressed that it’s “very important for us that the film be seen in theaters,” noting Cuarón shot the movie on 65mm using a “really pristine, almost never-before-seen black and white.” The film’s sound design is also instrumental to the experience, as it was constructed using state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos technology. While all of these production elements make for a unique theatrical experience, Cuarón and Linde said seeing “Roma” on the big screen is just as important as ensuring people all over the world simply have the chance to see “Roma,” period.
