iāve seen a lot of people talking about the pacing of iron lung, and i kinda think that people are overlooking that the pacing is the point.
movies right now are absolutely terrified of silence. every spare second is crammed with motion and noise and information. thereās always something new to look at, something new to process. look here. now here. donāt blink. donāt breathe. itās constant stimulation. thereās no room left for a moment to land before the next one is already gone.
thereās good sci fi horror out there that do silence and restraint well. i can immediately think of under the skin, annihilation, and ex machina. sometimes the silence is the point. personally i think iron lung works in that lineage.
this isnāt a movie that will let you sit there and passively consume. this is a movie full of visual and audial clues waiting for you to unravel them. this is a movie that wants you to notice your breathing. to feel the silence press in until itās oppressive.
isolation is the movie. itās you alone with your thoughts, with time stretching and warping, with nothing to distract you from the constant dread creeping in. itās not the monsters out there that youāre afraid of. not the constant drip, drip, drip of impending doom. but you, alone, in an endless sea of red.
can you count your breaths in the silence? can you hear your heart beating in your ears? can you live with yourself?
thatās iron lung to me.
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