Movies about making movies; in many ways, they’re essential. Sunset Boulevard, The Player, All About Eve, 8½ – perhaps filmmakers create them in order to understand their own lunacy. And perhaps audiences lap them up, because they understand – deep down – reality and fiction aren’t actually that far apart, and nothing exposes that line more than a chaotic film set with a second set of cameras. But all those aforementioned movies had a vision that stretched much further than their premises:…
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“Predestination is far from being a masterpiece, but the Spierig brothers are never aiming for such acclaim, instead remaining within their means, and given the lack of budget required to create an indelible visual experience, they put all of their energy into making this narrative comprehensible, and one the viewer can immerse themselves in”…
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