The cranes are flying review

The film is beautifully shot. I don’t color would improve this film because it shows a technical mastery of black and white. The subtle but sharp contrasts and the dreary framing captures this feeling of dread and oppression. The agony depicted in this film is Sisyphian. Nothing goes right, but it can always go more wrong and the shots in this movie show that visually and structurally as well as narratively. It feels like we are always looking just a little bit down on our characters, like guardian angels to a nightmare.

The pace of the film is great. The plot moves consistently, but it doesn’t do so at the cost of world building. There are ebbs and flows in the tension of the scene, but you are always glued to the screen by something, whether it’s the incredible camera work or the powerful performances. This film isn’t that long, but even for it’s length it flies by. The writing is crafty and efficient, and a scene that looks lik The cranes are flying analysis.