Mystical horror or "gothic horror"The Others are filmed in the best traditions of canonical film productions of ghosts and ghosts dwelling in ancient mansions. Nevertheless, as noted by world film critics, in compiling their reviews, the film “Others” has certain innovations. They consist in the fact that until the very final scene, the viewer can only guess which of the heroes belongs to the world of the dead, and who - the living. During the course of viewing the picture, it is indeed truly scary, but the final will convince everyone who sees that there is no correct logic in the plot narration. In this, as the reviewers note, publishing the reviews, the film “Others” plays behind the mystical picture of M. N. Shyamalan “The Sixth Sense”.
Creators
"Other" - a thriller novice director-SpaniardAlejandro Amenabara, a native of Chile. He was the third author's project, the director at the time of filming was 29 years old. Take a director's chair and become the author of the script project Amenabaru proposed world-class movie star Tom Cruise, speaking this time as a co-producer. By the way, all the musical accompaniment of the painting was also written by Alejandro Amenabar. Three persons of a talented screenwriter praised the audience reviews. The film “Others”, which touched the exciting subject of contact with the other world, did not disappoint the audience.
Without revealing the plot intrigue
Without hitting the spoiler, you can only declarethat Amenabar made the stunning assumption that not only the living are terribly afraid of the dead, but also the unharmed calm of the ghosts of the dead are experiencing an overwhelming horror of "others" - messengers from other worlds. The director seemed to have turned the situation upside down, fooling the viewer, who at the sight of the living experienced genuine horror, while at the same time sincerely empathizing with the dead. But the playwright did not dare to go very far and build a story in terms of ghosts.
Perfect incarnation
The role of the main character, Grace Stewart, on the screenembodied one of the most highly paid and sought-after film actresses of the world - Nicole Kidman. The play of the actress has earned exclusively praise. The film “Others” in her filmography follows immediately after the bright film “Moulin Rouge”. Such a sharp contrast did not affect her play at all. After viewing the talent, the actresses were incessantly admired by both critics and ordinary spectators. Kidman managed to extremely deeply and subtly feel the author's intention and gracefully convey the atmosphere of the cinema to the audience. To date, Nicole Kidman, perhaps the best Australian actress, the perfect embodiment of the true star of the factory of Dreams. The actress is subject to all absolutely kinozhanry: from drama and musical to comedy and thriller. Infinitely feminine, elegant and fragile, Nicole easily reincarnated into various images during her entire film career.
Tuberculosis killed them
To the actors who performed the roles of the first plan,undoubtedly, include Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy and Fionnula Flanagan, who embodied the servants' characters on the screen, the very ones who were killed by tuberculosis more than half a century ago.
Eric Sykes - the world famous Britisha comedian, one of the greatest artists of the second half of the 20th century, a director and screenwriter, so it was rather strange to see him among the actors of a thriller ensemble. Sykes in the film “Others” played the role of gardener Edmund Tattle. He began his career as an actor and screenwriter back in the 1950s, and in the 1960s he was already a British television star. After participating in several telekomediyami BBC becomes the movie star of the first magnitude in the British cinema. A characteristic manner in which Eric Sykes differs from his colleagues is to bring any situation to the highest degree of comicity.
The role of dumb servant Lydia sang Irish actress Elaine Cassidy, who began acting in films since 1994, and in 2001 she was already recognized as one of the rising stars of the European film industry.
Fionnula Flanagan, who performed the nanny role of Bertha Mills, the Irish film, theater and television actress, began her career in 1965. Flanagan plays primarily secondary roles.
Summary
Given the successful debut of Amenabar (film"Coursework"), it is easy to understand that the director is able to penetrate into the frightening areas of the human psyche and exert tension. In the thriller “Other”, the intentions and thoughts of the characters seem much worse than the actual atrocities taking place. In the course of viewing the picture, ignorance of all motives and circumstances will frighten the beholder until everything is explained to meticulously at the climax. Such a denouement of the picture became the subject of fierce disputes between avid moviegoers: some felt deceived, waiting for a more enchanting finale, others considered the climactic episodes to be the best in the entire narrative.
In any case, the thriller "Other" should be recommended for viewing lovers of high-quality and stylish movies.
