Moving this from the other thread....
Last night I watched
Drive My Car (nominee for Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards). It's on HBO Max for those who stream. Here are my impressions-
1. It's three hours long.
2. It's really powerful.
3. It's three hours long.
4. You don't have to know Chekhov or Uncle Vanya, but ... woah. The film isn't at all about that, but it's also not ... not about that.
5. It's, you know, three hours long.
6. Parts of the movie were just incredibly devastating; not in the way that you have this big Hollywood pathos (like a Sophie's Choice) but just in the quiet way life can be.
7. Note- contains language suitable for broadcast at 11:30pm
8. If you have three hours ... three
uninterrupted hours (this isn't a "watch in the background" kind of movie ... this is a full attention thing) I really recommend it. I wondered what all the hoopla was about, and now I get it.