NETFLIX NOCTURNAL ANIMALS OPENING SCENE FULL
Having only seen him in Kick-Ass (Vaughn 2010) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Russo & Russo 2014) Avengers: Age of Ultron (Whedon 2015) and The Thief Lord (Claus 2006) (although I did not know it was Aaron-Taylor Johnson at the time), I do not feel like I got to see the full extent of what he was capable of as an actor. Out of the main cast, only Michael Sheen received an Oscar nomination for his performance – one I believe should have gone to Aaron-Taylor Johnson instead. Although Ford is relatively new to the industry, his fashion fame gives him connections, which allows him to scoop up top-tier talent for his films. I also believe critiquing the film this way does a disservice to the talented cast. Many other reviewers I have read critiqued the film for focusing more on the visuals than the story, but I do not feel like this is fair, since, for Ford, the visuals are the story. There is a very strong contrast between Susan’s world and Tony’s, so you never forget which place you’re in, but he connects them using theme colors and parallel shots. His products are not featured in the film, since Ford did not want it to be an “extended commercial”, but his aesthetic still reigns. Laurent, now with his own eponymous label. Tom Ford is one of fashion’s biggest names – the former creative director of European luxury brands Gucci and Yves St. The strength of the dual-narrative approach is bolstered by its impeccable visuals. (Whether this is actually what Edward is doing with his novel is up to the viewer reading the film this way just happens to make sense to me.) Edward’s novel is about a man named Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal) whose family vacation is ruined by a tragedy which drives him to do unimaginable things…but, in Susan’s mind, it is also a thinly veiled metaphor for their relationship, one attacking her for past indiscretions. At this point, the film becomes a story inside a story. But when she comes home and finds her ex-husband, Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal) - a man she has not spoken to for 20 years - has sent her a finished draft of his new novel, “Nocturnal Animals,” she settles down in bed to read it, unaware it will strip her emotionally bare, making her as emotionally naked as the models at her gallery opening were physically. However, watching these first few minutes – an exquisitely uncomfortable experience – is crucial for a full understanding of Nocturnal Animals, because it introduces the movie’s major themes, like the idea of art as a conduit for vulnerability.Īt first, Susan (Amy Adams), the protagonist of Nocturnal Animals does not seem like someone who would be described as “vulnerable.” Successful, wealthy, and stylish, she wears her ennui like just another carefully chosen accessory. This sequence differs so vastly from the rest of the film’s content that it is hard to see how it even relates. Nocturnal Animals (Ford 2016), Tom Ford’s sophomore feature film, opens with a baffling display of what seems like performance art: obese women dancing, either entirely nude, or only wearing a red, glittery sash that matches the red curtains in the background. Everyone knows the adage “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Similarly, I believe that “don’t judge a film by its opening sequence” should also be added to popular lexicon.
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