Chloé Kent - IN-CLASS MOVIES #4 – Northfork

The film Northfork definitely had some confusing elements to me. The 'story' of the film was about a town being evacuated, and was meant to capture the spirit of the town through the characters. I had a hard time appreciating this film because overall the plot was lacking in fluidity. The characters were disconnected from each other and as I watched I was hoping for there to be a 'come together' moment, but that never really happened. It was also a strange film aesthetically because it was predominately about a little boy who was dying, but yet the film was bedded with randomly timed puns and one-liners that took you out of the sad moment of watching the boy die. In the film, there's a sense of foundation being lost, the characters constantly carry everything with them, and there's a sense of everything is temporary. I feel like the script and overall composition of the film had the same feel, there was a lack in foundation in the characters development within each other and within the plot.