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[Highly rated reviewer]

Rage

This is a very interesting film. In my opinion this film is more an exercise in film making than it is a film in of itself. The format consists for a series of interviews in front of a green screen which then has different colours projected on to it.

The plot is based around a New York fashion show where a young African-American boy (aged around 10 according to the director) has been allowed in to in order to speak to the various people involved. You never see or hear the boy as he is designed to act as a silent listener and witness to the events that unfold around him. As the week progresses various tragedies befall the show including the deaths of various models and external protests.

This plot however is largely unimportant as the film is hung entirely on the acting of the interviewees, from Judy Dench, to Jude Law in drag, and from Eddy Iszzard through to Steve Bucessmi, the acting is fantastic as they narrate their thoughts and feeling throughout the week. Due to this however, you are left with the feeling that the fact its at a fashion show is unimportant, this could easily be done about any other occasion which renders its clear critique of the fashion industry somewhat muted.

In sum this is not the kind of film you would return to again and again, in order to sustain itself the story takes more and more ridiculous turns to the point of near madness. That said its well worth a single watch just to see the very fine actors at work.

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