Carol
Written by Phyllis Nagy
Directed by Todd Haynes
UK/USA, 2015
Visually sumptuous from the opening frame, Todd Haynes’s latest, Carol (an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel The Price of Salt), wastes no time in grabbing the viewer’s attention. Young businessman Jack Taft (Trent Rowland) gets off a subway and enters a hotel bar, only to find two women, one younger and one older, dressed in striking costumes indicative of the film’s 50s setting. Jack approaches tepidly, eager to talk to them but struggling to conceal his timidity.
The women, as we soon find out, are Therese (Rooney Mara) and Carol (Cate Blanchett), and any doubts about their relationship still lingering after the longing look Therese gives Carol when the two decide to separate for the evening are soon erased. As Therese sits in the back of a taxi with Jack, she reflects on how she...
Written by Phyllis Nagy
Directed by Todd Haynes
UK/USA, 2015
Visually sumptuous from the opening frame, Todd Haynes’s latest, Carol (an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel The Price of Salt), wastes no time in grabbing the viewer’s attention. Young businessman Jack Taft (Trent Rowland) gets off a subway and enters a hotel bar, only to find two women, one younger and one older, dressed in striking costumes indicative of the film’s 50s setting. Jack approaches tepidly, eager to talk to them but struggling to conceal his timidity.
The women, as we soon find out, are Therese (Rooney Mara) and Carol (Cate Blanchett), and any doubts about their relationship still lingering after the longing look Therese gives Carol when the two decide to separate for the evening are soon erased. As Therese sits in the back of a taxi with Jack, she reflects on how she...
- 12/12/2015
- by Max Bledstein
- SoundOnSight
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