Lynn Shelton's 'Outside In' is a deeply empathetic character study of life after a decades-long unjust prison sentence. Minimalist filmmaking is a difficult line to toe. Shave too much meat off a film and the audience grows bored—or worse, is left wondering, "What was the point?" Lynn Shelton knows just the right balance. Her minimalist wonder, Outside In, delivers most of its exposition in moments of organic interaction between characters. What's often left unsaid hangs in the air, refracting onscreen in the form of body language. Here, a glance averted, and a truth avoided; there, unwelcome pity is bestowed with a nervous smile. Where another director might have defaulted to overwrought exposition, Shelton lets the drama of real life do the talking. Cinematographer Nathan M. Miller's camera, meanwhile, captures the Pacific Northwest with a restrained lyricism, finding the poetry in the ordinary. Shelton lets the drama of real life do the talking. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 5 April, 2018