Threadbare

Phantom Thread (d. P.T. Anderson)

Lovely filmmaking. So much assurance, skill, and restraint. However, isn’t the story rather silly? Poisonous mushrooms. A timeline that seems outside of history or thoroughly concentrated and crystallized in that magnificent house. Even the past isn’t haunting enough: she just stands there. Another male monster, faded and fading, along a long line of monsters from PTA. But it’s her who’s the real scary one, isn’t it? Is she for real? Not quite. Her provenance isn’t even clear enough. Ditto her accent. Not quite convincing figure only made tolerable by the actress’s gorgeous performance. “I’m hungry”, he says, and I feel the same. It’s an elegant work but not satisfying at all.

#2018 #3