Three things to watch on Netflix from Film Critic Dale Pollock
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AND IT’S SUCH A POPULAR SEGMENT THAT WE ACTUALLY LED THE SHOW. DALE, WITH THE FACT THAT YOU’VE GOT A FOR POPCORN RATING STREAK THAT WE HOPE CONTINUES TODAY. GOOD MORNING SIR. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD MORNING BRIAN. GOOD MORNING JACKIE. GREAT TO BE WITH YOU. YEAH I’M SORRY THAT I MISSED
THESE FOUR POPCORNS LAST WEEK. YEAH. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS REALLY EXCITING. I’LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND WATCH ALL OF THESE. IT WAS UNUSUAL. I’M. I’M RARELY THAT GENEROUS. YEAH, WE KNOW WE LIKE THE FAFACT THAT YOU’RE IN A GREAT MOOD WATCHING THESE THINGS. UM, YOU’RE ARE REVIEWING THREE
TITLES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX NOW, LET’S START WITH THE FIRST ONE CALLED THE TASTE OF THINGS. YES. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL FILM. IT TAKES PLACE IN FRANCE IN THE 1880S, AND IT’S ABOUT ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY, AND THAT IS FOOD. THE ENTIRE FILM IS JULIETTE
BINOCHE COOKING DISHES THAT A GROUP OF FRENCH GOURMANDS EAT. AND THAT’S BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MOVIE. THE FOOD HAS NEVER LOOKED BETTER. THIS IS GOURMET MAGAZINE COME TO LIFE, AND JULIETTE BINOCHE GIVES A LOVELY PERFORMANCE AS A COOK WHO WHO REALLY TAKES TIME AND ATTENTION AND CRAFTING WHAT
THESE PEOPLE WILL EAT AND IT IS KIND OF THE BIRTH OF GOURMET COOKING. AND THERE’S NO REAL DRAMATIC TENSION IN THE FILM, WHICH IS WHY I’M AFRAID I’M BREAKING MY STREAK AND GIVING THIS THREE POPCORNS, BECAUSE NOTHING DRAMATIC REALLY HAPPENS. BUT IF YOU LOVE FOOD AND IF YOU
LOVE FINE COOKING, IT’S HARD TO FIND A BETTER MOVIE THAN THE TASTE OF THINGS. OKAY, ALL I WANTED TO DO AFTER SEEING THIS FILM WAS GO OUT AND GO EAT AND SO IT IS REALLY A TANTALIZING APPETIZER TO WHAT COULD BE A GREAT MEAL THAT COULD FOLLOW THIS FILM.
SO YOU GO CATCH A MATINEE AND THEN GO CATCH A NICE DINNER AFTERWARDS. YEAH, THAT’S A GOOD GO TO A NICE RESTAURANT WHERE THE DISHES ARE GOING TO BE CRAFTED IN THE WAY JULIA BINOCHE CRAFTS THEM IN THIS MOVIE. THAT’S TRUE. YEAH, DIFFICULT TO COMPARE TO THAT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE
STREAMING IT ON NETFLIX. WATCHING AT HOME AND THEN YOU’RE EATING LIKE A PB AND J OR SOMETHING. YEAH, HOT POCKET OR SOMETHING. YEAH. OR POPCORN FOR THAT MATTER. YEAH. GREEN POPCORN, THREE POPCORN CORNS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT IS THE ZONE OF INTEREST. I HAVEN’T HEARD ABOUT THIS. TELL US MORE.
YES, IT’S A LITTLE KNOWN FILM, BUT HONESTLY, IT’S MY BEST FILM OF THE YEAR. NO OTHER FILM WALLOPED ME LIKE THIS ONE. DID IT IS THE STORY OF THE COMMANDANT OF THE AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AND HIS FAMILY. THEY LIVE IN A HOUSE JUST OUTSIDE THE WALLS OF THE
CONCENTRATION CAMP. AND IT’S LIKE HE’S A BUSINESSMAN GOING TO WORK AND VERY FAINTLY IN THE BACKGROUND ALL THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE, YOU HEAR THE TRAINS ARRIVING AND LEAVING WITH CONCENTRATION CAMP PRISONERS. YOU HEAR SHOTS, YOU HEAR SCREAMS. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT SOUNDSCAPES I HAVE EVER HEARD. CREATED FOR A FILM.
IT’S JUST OUTSTANDING AND IT MAKES THE ZONE OF INTEREST VERY UNSETTLING BECAUSE THIS FAMILY IS LEADING A VERY NORMAL LIFE, 30FT AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING GASSED AND TORTURED, AND IT’S VERY HARD TO RECONCILE THESE TWO REALITIES. AND THE THE ZONE OF INTEREST DOES AN AMAZING JOB OF DOING THAT.
UM, JONATHAN GLAZER, THE DIRECTOR, MAKES ONE FILM EVERY TEN YEARS, SO HE WORKED TEN YEARS CRAFTING THIS. AND I THINK IT’S THE MOST BRILLIANT FILM OF THE YEAR. IT’S CLEARLY NOT GOING TO BE FOR ALL AUDIENCES. MY WIFE COULDN’T GET THROUGH THIS FILM. IT IS DEEPLY UPSETTING BECAUSE
IT’S ABOUT THE BANALITY OF EVIL. IT’S HOW EVIL CAN COEXIST WITH US JUST A FEW FEET AWAY, AND IT’S DOING JUST FINE ON ITS OWN. OKAY, SO THIS FILM REALLY RIPS THE WOUND OFF OF HOLOCAUST DENIERS. UH, THE PERFORMERS BY SANDRA HÜLLER AS THE COMMANDANT’S WIFE IS INCREDIBLE.
SHE ALSO STARS IN ANOTHER GERMAN FILM CALLED THE ANATOMY OF A FALL. SO THIS IS A BIG YEAR FOR HER. YEAH, A VERY BIG YEAR. ZONE OF INTEREST IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT WE DON’T SEE. AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT MAKEKES T SUCH A FASCINATING MOVIE. I MEAN, THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE
FILM OF THE YEAR. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE FOR EVERYBODY’S TASTE. IT’S GOING TO BE HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET THROUGH. BUT I THINK IT’S AN EXAMPLE OF REALLY SUPERIOR STORYTELLING AND FILMMAKING. THAT JUST LEAVES YOU EMOTIONALLY BEREFT BY THE END OF THE FILM. DALE, I SAW THE BOY IN THE
STRIPED PAJAMAS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. I KNOW THE SUBJECT MATTER IS SIMILAR. IT’S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS TIME, HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE THE TWO FILMS? WELL, ONE IS YOU’RE IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR THE WHOLE FILM, AND THIS ONE, YOU NEVER GO INTO IT.
IT’S JUST WHAT YOU HEAR AND WHAT YOU HEAR CAN BE SO UPSETTING. IT’S INTERESTING THAT HOW MUCH SOUND CAN AFFECT US, EVEN IF WE DON’T HAVE THE PICTURES TO GO WITH IT. RIGHT? SO THE SOUND IS CONSTANTLY IN THE BACKGROUND OF THIS FILM, AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT MAKES IT
SUCH AN INNOVATIVE AND BRILLIANT PIECE OF MOVIE MAKING REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE WE MOVE ON. POPCORN RATING I’M ASSUMING FOUR HERE, FOUR. YEAH, YEAH, I GIVE THIS FIVE. IF I HAD FIVE. OH, EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WHAT ABOUT THE NEXT NETFLIX FEATURE BOYS SWALLOWS UNIVERSE? THIS SOUNDS INTERESTING. KING IT IS.
AND I JUST TOOK A CHANCE ON IT. I HADN’T READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND IT’S VERY INVOLVING. IT’S AN AUSTRALIAN SERIES. IT’S SET IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA IN THE 1980S, AND IT’S ABOUT A YOUNG MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS FALLING APART. HIS MOTHER IS A DRUG ADDICT. HIS FATHER IS LONG GONE AS HIM
AND HIS BROTHER, WHO AT SOME TIMES IS MUTE AND IT VERY RARELY VENTURES TO SPEAK. AND SO YOU’RE SAYING, WELL, HOW DO I GET INVOLVED WITH THIS FAMILY? AND THE SERIES REALLY PULLS YOU IN? UM, THE YOUNG ACTOR FELIX, UH, CONTINUES. HE PLAYS ELI. IT’S ONE OF THE BEST CHILD
PERFORMANCES I’VE SEEN IN YEARS. HE’S THE DRIVING FORCE IN THIS SERIES, AND IT’S VERY IT’S BOTH ENTERTAINING. IT’S EXCITING. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S COMING3 NEXT. IT WAS VERY UNPREDICTABLE, WHICH IS FUN THESE DAYS BECAUSE SO MUCH OF THE CONTENT WE SEE ON STREAMING IS VERY PREDICTABLE. THIS THIS SERIES CONSTANTLY SURPRISED ME.
AND THTHEN IT DOES SOMETHING VEY RADICAL AT THE END. IT TAKES A CHILD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BUMPS HIM UP INTO ADULTHOOD. SO THE FINAL TWO EPISODES OF THE SERIES ARE NOTHING LIKE THE EARLIER ONES. AND AGAIN, I ENJOYED THAT. I DIDN’T SEE IT COMING. SO FOR ME, BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE
IS ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING AND LITTLE KNOWN SERIES THAT’S STREAMING ON NETFLIX, AND I FOUND IT VERY DRAMATICALLY SATISFYING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. YOUR POPCORN RATING, DALE, OR POPCORN ON THIS ONE. OKAY. SO PRETTY GOOD SCORES TODAY. THREE AND TWO FOURTHS. YEAH WEE HAD 224 POPCORN MOVIES
AND ONE MOVIE WHERE IT’S REALLY GOOD TO EAT. OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT. GOOD WEEKEND. YEAH. DALE THANK YOU. AS ALWAYS. HERE ARE THOSE TITLES ONE MORE TIME. ALL STREAMING ON NETFLIX AGAIN. THE TASTE OF THINGS, THE ZONE OF INTEREST AND BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND DALE’S PAST
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