Review of Mainstream (2021) by Gabrielgamas — 11 Oct 2021

The low ratings of the film it's only because of its magnificence. It brings back what cinema used to be in movements like La Nouvelle Vague. It's not a critic to the powerful elite nor dictatorial governments, it is critic to our ordinary life, it critics our attitudes. And not in the superficial way we are used to, it is in an intense way we can't handle. And that is the reason why it received such bad reviews, low ratings, it was because we, the viewer, are constantly attacked. And not by a good guy, not by a hero, because if it were, we could bear, we would think: "I'm sorry, man, but I am not a saint", but when it is a mad man who shows us what the problem is, when a lunatic shows us we are horrible person inside, we start to feel anguish and then repudiate the movie for its geniality. There is the need to deny the movie as a masterpiece so we can bury inside of each of us the knowledge of our own hypocrisy. Certainly this is not a Hollywood movie, this is, undeniably, cinema with its most pure essence. And the way Gia Coppola does that it's not only through a good plot and use of lines like most directors would, she uses strong and tense scenes to give the spectators a miscellaneous felling of repugnance, obnoxiousness and anguish.

And not it's not only the critics that makes the movie so unique. Gia Coppola uses colors and pallets to tell the story throughout every scene we can see colors have meaning and it's used to guide the audience to have a feeling. The colors alongside the amazing camera technics gives one mesmerizing photograph of the film. It's beautiful, unique and at the same time completely audacious, doing justice to all of this genius's work.

Also, we can't forget about the gorgeous characters development in which is captured the human nuances in different scenarios of power in only 94 minutes. It is completely amazing how real this movie is, and that is why he is so shocking, it is real.

Therefore I may conclude saying I wish there will be more films like this one for our society need movies like this. And for Gia Coppola I tell you this, don't grieve for the low ratings and acceptance of the movie, it just happened because your masterpiece worked and affected people, so congratulations, because now I will follow your work with high expectations for this is one of the greatest works of its time.

A precise film for the pandemics.