Moonlight.
— MOVIES WORTH WATCHING —
MOONLIGHT
Actor Trevante Rhodes performance is daring and delicately powerful.
Oscars: Best Picture & Best Adapted Screenplay: ‘Moonlight’ (2017)
Screened in Hong Kong: 12 AUG 2018
Moonlight Poster
“You the only man that’s ever touched me. You’re the only one. I haven’t really touched anyone since.”
With a lot of hype and critical acclaim surrounding the film Moonlight, there is sometimes a dread of is it really that good?
The answer: Yes, it is that good and much more! An impressive show of camaraderie amongst the players. Each and every character uplifts the other — stepping in and wholeheartedly trusting the scene with subtle nuances: being present + re-Acting.
This was an honest performance piece, and the ensemble is as good as it gets. The cinematography played as if it were a symphony capturing powerful indelible moments that stays with you long after a few weeks, and even many months after. Kudos and congratulations to the entire cast and crew, especially to Naomie Harris who it has been said shot all her scenes in only 3 days?!
I am not sure what I expected Moonlight to be, but it left a huge presence and mark in cinema history. It is a film to be treasured by one of cinema’s very clever writer/director Barry Jenkins.
Trevante Rhodes plays the adult Chiron, nickname: ‘Black’.
Film:
Moonlight
Screenwriter/Director:
Barry Jenkins
Cinematographer:
James Laxton
Released by A24 in the US.
Actors Trevante Rhodes and Naomie Harris