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Memory

directed by Michel Franco, 2023

#Memory #Michel Franco #movie mosaics #Peter Sarsgaard #Jessica Chastain #Brooke Timber #Merritt Wever #Josh Charles #Jessica Harper #Elsie Fisher

Hello, Beatrice! I forget, have you been able to Memory yet? I went this afternoon. Jessica was incredible, maybe one of my favorite performances of hers in a while. As were Peter Sarsgaard and Brooke Timber, the young actress who plays her daughter. The story was so messy and uncomfortable, but it's giving me a lot to chew on.

Jaycee! Yes, we saw it this afternoon and then got dinner. We got home about an hour ago. My partner isn't a huge Chastain fan the way I am, but even she said it was better than she had anticipated. For me, it's a solid 8/10. It's definitely a thought-provoking film. I had never seen a Michel Franco film before. I really liked the way that it was directed: the still, planted camera in so many shots, with so many scenes captured from a mid-length distance. It's a style with an objectivity that allows the actors to have the space in order to let their performances breathe. Given just how thorny and heavy the thematic material was, the film and its two leads needed that space. Speaking of which, it's so nice to see Jessica and Peter take on these roles. They were so good! It's some of the most lovely naturalistic acting I've seen from either of them. The first kiss between them? Swoon! I hope they work together again on something else. And, yes, Brooke Timber was so good! To go up against two heavyweight actors like that and hold her own? She's definitely one to watch.

@lesbiancosimaniehaus said she thought that this is a Jessica Chastain film that she'll watch only the once, but IDK, I could definitely see myself watching it again. Yes, TWs all over the place, but I just got caught up in the sad but sweet and, dare I say, redemptive romance of the film.

Also, the movie has me really, really interested in seeing Jessica's next collaboration with Michel Franco, Dreams, which they shot over the summer in Mexico City and San Francisco. She's hinted that her character in that film is sorta the opposite of Sylvia in Memory, and while I really liked Sylvia, I also do like seeing my wife in bad bitch mode! 😈

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