Cannes Video: Lodge Kerrigan’s Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs)

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By offering three films in one, Lodge Kerrigan definitely challenges the biopic format – challenges it to the point that we won’t be grouping alongside examples of Todd Haynes’ inventiveness. In one instant, this deconstructs the docu-form, in an other gesture it comes off as celluloid scrapings from the cutting room floor and is interwoven with what I’m calling his Keane aesthetic – a photography that could say so much about the character’s mindset, or in the case Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs) adds little commentary about an actress finding her way. A less than satisfying result, this is one you’ll want to supplement with one of Kerrigan’s other works. Here is the opening night presentation for the Un Certain Regard film. 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society), FIPRESCI and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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