The script is signed by Steven Knight, once authoritative author of scripts such as that of “The promise of the murderer” by David Cronenberg, or the film “Locke” which he himself directed, which however for some years seems unrecognizable in writing scripts. not up to its name and which – as in this case – end up deflating as the minutes pass.
Doug Liman is an action director (among his best titles is “Edge of Tomorrow”) but in this case he fails to give the film the right rhythm. Discrete evidence of the two protagonists Chiwetel Ejiofor and Anne Hathaway, but not are enough to raise the level of the film.
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Very different outcomes are those achieved by “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”, a courageous Romanian film signed by Radu Jude. Winner of the Golden Bear at the last Berlin Film Festival, the film tells of a teacher whose life suddenly changes when an amateur pornographic video starring her ends up on the internet. He will try in every way to stop the scandal, but the parents of the pupils want his head.
Divided into chapters, “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” opens by showing uncensored the video that threatens to destroy the protagonist’s career. Set after the first lockdown due to the pandemic, the film is a powerful reflection on the theme of what we believe “Obscene”: Radu Jude mixes documentary and fiction, repertoire materials and experimentation in this feature film with an anarchic trend and full of messages that reach the viewer loud and clear. with “different possible conclusions”), Jude focuses on a staging that deliberately goes over the top to describe the hypocrisy of contemporary society (Romanian and not only).
The result is a surprising work, at the same time crazy and very lucid in the ideas proposed.