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MOVIE REVIEW // NEVER LET ME GO
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Never Let Me Go is not the first film about cloning and organ harvesting, but it's the first to do so seriously, and in the subtlest of forms. In fact, the film is less about cloning and more about the human condition, which makes it truly original and effective.
Knightley does a wonderful job as the spiteful Ruth who also manages to remain sympathetic. Mulligan brings an understated, yet powerful maturity to the tragic, introspective Kathy, who also narrates the film. Garfield steals the film as the most desperate of the three for some grasp on humanity.
Director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) and screenwriter Alex Garland (28 Weeks Later and Sunshine) go well out of their way to downplay the science-fiction elements of Never Let Me Go. Like the original novel written by Kazaou Ishiguro, the film is more of a haunting love story that discusses the nature of human beings.
Never Let Me Go tells the story of three people who experience life, love and loss just like the rest of us, and wonder, perhaps even more than the rest of us, what it all means in the end.
It should be noted that the term "clone" is never uttered in the film. Not once. This is done so that the film avoids falling into schlocky Clonus Horror-territory, but also because the film is not about cloning — it's about what makes us human.
B. S. HADLAND
The core of the film lies between the friendship and subsequent love triangle between Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira Knightley). The relationships between these characters provide a depth that drives the film.
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MUSIC REVIEW //BELLE AND SEBASTIAN WRITE ABOUT LOVE (MATADOR)
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Belle and Sebastian's recent release, Belle and Sebastian Write About Love, is currently sitting in the #8 spot in BBC's Top 40 charts after only one week in stores. It's a mature and reserved album, but the group still belts out hooks better than most modern pop bands. I presume it's because Belle and Sebastian's sound has classical roots.
I can hear the band's connection to sunny 60s pop. Songs from the new album like "Write About Love" and "I Want The World to Stop" sound like they could have been Bryan Maclean songs on Love's Forever Changes. There are swirling vocal tracks, subtle horns and strings and unexpected chord progressions throughout the record.
The slow and emotional "Calculating Bimbo" is a blissful highlight with an apt title. The guitars, which aren't prominent in the mix, rock while remaining tasteful. I'm reminded of Simon & Garfunkel with the easy-going, wispy vocals on "Ghost of Rockschool." The slow "Read the Blessed Pages," which is similar to a Nico solo song, surprises with a heavily effected woodwind. The underlying tremolo guitar on "Sunday's Pretty Icons" shifts to a
real fuzzy riff behind the monotonous, upbeat rhythm parts. Give it a try, even if you aren't a pop fan.
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