The United States, or the civil war that never ends

There are those who opine on the vices of the United States without having set foot on its soil. This nonfiction book places special emphasis on the addictions and beliefs of the most degraded areas of the South. The Damnedbreaks this line and offers a look at the years of the Civil War, following a group of Union soldiers sent to explore the unknown lands of the north.

The time jump does not imply a change in Minervini's conception of cinema, which avoids academicism and great feats, and focuses on the dead times that open the door to the reflexive detachment of non-professional actors, whom the camera tries to capture in those moments in which the person and the character starred in the previous are confused. Stop the pounding heart). This deliberately anti-epic approach links to Kelly Reichardt's revision of America's founding mythology in Meek's cutoff and First cow And, above all, it allows the director to continue quietly portraying the divisions and wounds of a country that is not his own, but which he knows like few others.

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