11 St. 25 Min, 16 Apr 2021 Jahr - MINAMATA Andrew Levitas Instagram & Review

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The photographer of Minamata, a biopic with environmental complaint

by DOC PASTOR

A direct and honest film.
The photographer of Minamata by Andrew Levitas, starring Johnny Depp as the legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith, is directly based on a real event, and does not skimp on truthful and painful details when telling his story. The director, also co-screenwriter (along with David Kessler, Jason Forman and Sthepen Deuters) has not intended to soften anything to the viewer, he is sincere and honest with its content, the story happened in a way and that is what there is.

Johnny Depp is fantastic, totally away from the histrionic characters that are so common to him (mainly from the hand of Tim Burton), such as Ichabod Crane, Jack Sparrow or Willy Wonka. Here his interpretation is very different, much more restrained and intimate, it shows once again that he is a great actor who must be taken into account.

It is not unreasonable to say that in The Photographer of Minamata we are facing his best interpretation to date, a role for which he will be remembered for a long time and that surely makes more than one reconcile with him. Myself, for example.

Also noteworthy is the always great Bill Nighy as Robert Hayes, old friend and former editor of the photographer with whom he maintains a complicated relationship. Seeing them share a screen is a delight, an authentic acting competition for which we can only give thanks. The only downside is that they don't have more scenes together, that would have been wonderful.

The photographer of Minamata is a direct and honest film, a human tragedy that is still remembered today and a mythical photographer who died a few years after his swan song. The BCN Film Fest is coming strong.

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