Took a trip to the cinema to make sure we got to see Steve McQueen’s new film Widows in all its cinematic glory. Unsurprisingly it was amazing.
There was a particularly remarkable extended shot which we wanted to mention as it could almost be an artwork in itself. Colin Farrell drives in real time from desolate slums to grassy mansions, the camera focusing not on the conversation inside the car (although it can still be heard through the entire shot), but on the changing world outside, where wealth and poverty are only blocks apart. The expansive widescreen frame frequently emphasises the distance between characters, with faces seen in mirrors and through glass, amid crystals of reflected city lights. It was a metaphor for the entire film but was just neatly slotted in; simple but so very intentional.
