Brendan Fraser, Darren Aronofsky, The Whale, Knock at the Cabin, EO, & Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Kermode & Mayo’s Take
The Donkey, a Film About a Donkey
I found myself profoundly touched by it and very moved by it. It has an extraordinarily inventive score, which I really, really loved. The cinematography goes from being on the one hand, this kind of hand-held verite, you know, neorealism to flying drone shots going through woods like fairy tales. So it's got a fantasy. There's even a sequence in it with a robot dog, or what is that? Yes. This occurs at an interesting point in the narrative, right, when the donkey is at death's door. And a very bad state of repair. But I think if anything, it's more a kind of just a look at the people. It
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