If you've read the last 2 comments, go back, they're worth it... You'll understand that BUBBLE is in no way conventional. One viewer says that its techniques, brevity and non-Hollywood style made us disinterested in the characters and revelations. Another viewer said using non-actors, set in their own home town/work/life, electrified the film. I agree!~ This film is one of a kind. I sat there wondering "how did Soderburgh get those performances. How did he get the child to act. How did he brilliantly portray the mundanely of butt-town Ohio with such accuracy?" Like a Hemingway short story, the director has concisely and bravely made a film that resonates as loudly as its style plays softly.
No establishing crane shots, no dollies past the dollys, no soothing score (but the guitar strumming did little). Soderburgh has created a Campbells Soup, no frills, portrayal of what life is like in Trailerville, USA.
I cared. I really did. I felt thankful that I was in a cushy chair, drinking out of glass, instead of those awful supervise-me cups. And what about all the eating. I felt an uneasy relief that I wasn't there.
I was compelled at the appalling vacuum inside that bubble. And I understood why it popped.
See it.
No establishing crane shots, no dollies past the dollys, no soothing score (but the guitar strumming did little). Soderburgh has created a Campbells Soup, no frills, portrayal of what life is like in Trailerville, USA.
I cared. I really did. I felt thankful that I was in a cushy chair, drinking out of glass, instead of those awful supervise-me cups. And what about all the eating. I felt an uneasy relief that I wasn't there.
I was compelled at the appalling vacuum inside that bubble. And I understood why it popped.
See it.