There are shades of Peter Bogdanovich’s 1973 Depression-set comedy Paper Moon in Argentinian director Iván Fund’s melancholy road movie The Message. Aside from crisp black-and-white cinematography and a backdrop of financial crisis, this is a film about a family of grifters profiteering from the sale of hope. In Paper Moon this involved the sale of […]
‘The Message’ Review: Iván Fund’s Melancholy Road Movie Is A Meditation On Life, Death And Hope – Berlin Film Festival
