A quick glance at the shortlist for the 2006 Oscars is a reminder that many accomplished directors start in the smaller format, with the contenders including Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri helmer Martin McDonagh, whose Six Shooter would go on to win, British director Sean Ellis and this affecting drama from Icelander Rúnar Rúnarsson.
Rúnarsson has since proved himself something of a master of telling poignant stories with economy, using no fewer than 56 vignettes in his most recent feature Echo. This low-key affair has engaging visual storytelling from the start as we watch the elderly Hrafn (Jón Sigurbjörnsson) go about his work on the farm, although what the job in hand is will only be revealed further through the runtime.
Returning to his remote farmhouse we see him talking to his daughter as G. Magni Ágústsson's camera watches him through a window, creeping...
Rúnarsson has since proved himself something of a master of telling poignant stories with economy, using no fewer than 56 vignettes in his most recent feature Echo. This low-key affair has engaging visual storytelling from the start as we watch the elderly Hrafn (Jón Sigurbjörnsson) go about his work on the farm, although what the job in hand is will only be revealed further through the runtime.
Returning to his remote farmhouse we see him talking to his daughter as G. Magni Ágústsson's camera watches him through a window, creeping...
- 11/19/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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