Rose of Nevada (2026)
Kermode already declared this one of his favorite movies of the year–here's his review, beware of spoilers–, and the way it is shot is something that interested me in particular, so i had to take a sit as soon as it was available.
Let's get the technical aspect out of the way: the movie is shot in «reverse IMAX», on 16mm filmstock, in an 1,35:1 aspect ratio, with a clockwork camera–27 seconds per reel–, with sound being assembled in post-production. Here's a bit more about the technical aspects of the filming, courtesy of Kodak.
Two hours of grainy footage that has lots of close ups of shoes, hands, rusted metal, dead fish, faces, and other things, that also demands active participation from the viewers doesn't sound like the thing to do on a sunny saturday afternoon, yet, it worked. Mark Jenkin is a kind of Kubrick, his movies are being constructed, and here he assembled something that hypnotizes, that makes you forget it takes 120 minutes to tell its tale; despite its … brutal nature. There truly is no time. The sound sometimes feels a bit off, which did not distract, but rather added to the charm of the whole thing.
Screenshots are a bit off color, sorry.
