Actors: Hani Furstenberg, Gael Garcia Bernal
Director: Julia Loktev
Films like The Loneliest Planet exist in the imagination. As such, they offer few answers. And they're sort of a chore to watch, too, because to get the mind into this state of contemplation is not easy - the plot and characterization needs to be spare. The characters are blank slates on which we project our cultural expectations. They don't even necessarily talk much, because talking is the quickest way to ruin this state of contemplation.
However, films like this grow better as they fulminate and coalesce in the mind; their power grows the more one thinks about them. I don't think all films should be more like this, but I think fans of film should make sure to seek out a movie like this every so often to readjust one's expectations of what a film can do.
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