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The Childhood of a Leader - reactions and reviews

posted 9 years ago by zainalikhan11
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Stefano Lo Verme ‏@Crudele85 7 minutes ago
#Venezia72: Childhood of a Leader with #BereniceBejo and #RobertPattinson is a great surprise: a horror film disguised as Haneke

Lorenzo Ciorcalo ‏@rotovisor 6 minutes ago
#Venezia72 The Childhood Of A Leader. Sumptuous horror story. Luncheons and dragons. Flamboyant debut by Brady Corbet. #Orizzonti

Patrik Linderholm ‏@thePatalo 9 minutes ago
THE CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER: Very odd and experimental directorial debut from Brady Corbet. Made my ears bleed :/
#Venezia72

Lisa Costa ‏@InCentralPerk 33 minutes ago
PS: #RobertPattinson in #childhoodofaleader there is just right for a quarter of an hour. Calm your hormones.
#venezia72 #icpavenezia

[–] Marnye 9 years ago

Thank you for those early reactions. Looks like a dark film, not that I expected something else.

Rob: 15 times on French news programmes. His face is a Greco-Roman marvel.

[–] zainalikhan11 9 years ago

First review from screendaily, positive one

Like nothing you’ve quite seen before, US actor-editor-scriptwriter Brady Corbet’s directorial debut is a historical psychodrama, or perhaps a drama of historical psychoanalysis, which draws a study of the rise of fascism out of a wilful young boy’s tantrums and power struggles. Set against the background of the 1919 Paris peace conference that led to the Treaty of Versailles, The Childhood Of A Leader is as relentlessly sombre and compelling as the film’s remarkable, full-volume orchestral soundtrack by musician’s musician Scott Walker.

http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/childhood-of-a-leader-review/5092572.article?referrer=RSS

From Variety contributor:
David Ketchum ‏@KetchumAtMovies 4 minutes ago
#ChildhoodOfALeader: Robert Pattinson shines in this incredible directorial debut. Really hope it finds distribution soon. #Venezia72

[–] sareeh 9 years ago

Magdalena Miedl
@mmiedl

Brady Corbet's utterly confusing yet compelling CHILDHOOD OF A LEADER very likely has best soundtrack of #Venezia72 (by Scott Walker)

[–] zainalikhan11 9 years ago

The Hollywood Reporter gave it a negative review:

An embarrassingly over-ambitious parable.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/childhood-a-leader-venice-review-820697

[–] sammie1863 9 years ago

I expect the reviews to be mixed. It seems to be an odd, interesting piece and the kid is downright creepy from what I have seen. Nice to see the positives.

[–] tracygee 9 years ago

Yep, seems very much mixed.

I'm still happy that Rob was able to do a small role with Brady. Certainly he knows him personally and likes him, and I bet it was nice to work with him. The look of the film is stunning. It appears the plot and direction are dividing people.

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[–] sammie1863 9 years ago

Are there more full reviews than the two posted so far?

[–] zainalikhan11 9 years ago

Only two, maybe more will come after the premiere of the film.