Festival de Telluride: 'Nickel Boys' puede ser la revelación del año
En el año 2020, el novelista Colson Whitehead hizo historia al convertirse en la primera persona que ganaba el Pulitzer por dos libros escritos de manera consecutiva. El primero se lo llevó por 'El ferrocarril subterráneo', que fue adaptado por Barry Jenkins en formato miniserie, y el segundo fue por 'Los chicos de la Nickel', que ha sido trasladado a la gran pantalla por el documentalista RaMell Ross ('Hale County This Morning, This Evening'). Esta historia de amistad entre dos jóvenes afroamericanos que inevitablemente está siendo comparada con 'Moonlight' ha iniciado su periplo festivalero en el mismo lugar en el que lo hizo la ganadora del Oscar: el Festival de Telluride. La película está generando opiniones verdaderamente entusiastas aunque hay quien avisa de que su rompedora propuesta visual (está filmada en primera persona) podría no ser aceptada por todo el mundo. Entre los aspectos más destacados están la dirección de Ross, la fotografía de Jomo Fray ('All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt') y la breve pero intensa participación de Aunjanue Ellis.
RaMell Ross' Nickel Boys is a staggering achievement. as radical, visionary & moving as any commercial American film this decade (low bar, but still), as well as a towering reminder of the heights that literary adaptations should aspire towards
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) August 31, 2024
my review: https://t.co/ro7G5RDX0T pic.twitter.com/9paLWZILaX
Avant-garde filmmaking can be hit or miss, and for me, #NickelBoys falls into the latter. It’s a tough watch - not so much because of the heavy subject matter, but due to frustrating creative choices and disorienting camera angles.#TellurideFilmFestival #Telluride pic.twitter.com/qPMljOMPsd
— Mark Johnson @Telluride (@MarkLikesMovies) August 31, 2024
NICKEL BOYS: RaMell Ross's exquisitely shot close first person perspective makes an audacious act of interpretation of Whitehead's novel. Fragmentation, remixed archival footage, and beautiful renditions of intolerable cruelty embrace tactility over plot. A stunner. #Telluride
— josh (@joshc) August 31, 2024
NICKEL BOYS—thought this was astounding. This is how you adapt a great novel into a great movie. Left me in a kind of stunned silence, filled with radical choices that pay off beautifully. Wow. #Telluride
— David Canfield (@davidcanfield97) August 31, 2024
NICKEL BOYS is bold, arresting filmmaking. Ramell Ross’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel — a story of two young Black kids working to overcome their racist surroundings — features daring pov lensing by Jomo Fray, and incredible performances up and down the cast. #Telluride pic.twitter.com/HwRbDIXjpI
— Robert Daniels @ Telluride (@812filmreviews) August 31, 2024
Before RaMell Ross’s NICKEL BOYS, last time I had such an immersive sensory experience at a film was Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. Well, DP Jomo Fray lensed both. I need a day to think on all the ways Ross expands upon what we think cinema is, but whoa. #Telluride
— Tomris Laffly (@TomiLaffly) August 31, 2024
Nickel Boys is astounding. RaMell Ross’ adaptation of the Colson Whitehead novel is incredible filmmaking. A movie you feel in your core. The first-person POV and the visionary storytelling choices renders it both beautiful and devastating. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor anchors the film pic.twitter.com/NWY3MQ5sUp
— Christina Jeurling Birro (@ChristinaBirro) August 31, 2024
Pretty blown away by RaMell Ross’ artistry in NICKEL BOYS. Told almost entirely in first person point of view from two young Black boys who befriend each other at an abusive school, it’s a sensory experience that beautifully incorporates his skills as a documentary filmmaker to… pic.twitter.com/AW6Cjz8Vn6
— Matt Neglia @Telluride (@NextBestPicture) August 31, 2024
Nickel Boys: Not at all what I expected, but that’s for the best. Really unique experience. Plays at times like a horror film. Told entirely in 1st person POV.
— Will Mavity @ Telluride (@mavericksmovies) August 31, 2024
Ending sneaks up on you and hits you hard. Prob my fav of the fest so far #TellurideFilmFestival pic.twitter.com/NxZq9lwKAB
#NickelBoys is a movie that needs to sit with you. RaMell Ross is a director whose vision is on display, making the most specific choices with imagery that could be burned into your cinematic ether. Cinematography and sound are out of this world. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor shines in… pic.twitter.com/Q2zRWXfokb
— Clayton Davis (@ByClaytonDavis) August 31, 2024
Nickel Boys is absolutely immense. and, among so many other things, an incredible case-study in the value of cinematic adaptation.
— david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) August 31, 2024
NICKEL BOYS is a stunner. It’s a barrier breaking work from RaMell Ross as much as his Hale County was. Audacious POV perspective with gorgeous cinematography from Jomo Fray. Evocative of Zone of Interest aurally and visually. This might be the movie of the year. #NickelBoys pic.twitter.com/0RNSlPOLhO
— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) August 31, 2024
