Ida (Pawlikowski, 2013)

[Dan8700]

I was posting about how ugly the US cover for this is, when I found out Amazon updated the cover art for the UK release, so... let's have a separate thread for this, since it's one of the most enthralling features in the last few years. Cinematography rates 11 out of 10 here! AE fortunately used the same still they used in Italy and England for the official poster (featuring the most poetic sequence in the movie), but as usual, they added all those stars and quotes. It's still great, tho.


Anyone seen it? Thoughts? This can easily remind of Bergman and Bresson in some scenes and themes, and also features wonderful musical moments, such as the jazzman playing Coltrane's masterpiece, "Naima", and a Bach orgelbuchlein. Portraying the clash between chastity and worldly instincts, it could be even classified under the on-the-road subgenre. Cannot be missed! Street date: Nov 24.