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Sundance Review: Bradley Rust Gray’s ‘blood’

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Albeit beautifully shot and made tolerable by the warm presence of Carla Juri in the leading role, blood is a frustratingly indulgent study of emotional recovery after the loss of a loved one.

This fourth feature by Bradley Rust Gray is splendidly appointed with locations in Japan and Iceland and an appreciation of emotional openness expressed by all the characters.

All the same, the mostly short scenes of recent widow Chloe handling her grief day by day possess little compelling drama and are handicapped by a scruffy Japanese male lead who just doesn’t match up with his appealing female counterpart in any credible way.

As with the director’s previous work, you come out of it wondering who this film was made for.Gray, whose little-seen films over the past two decades are Salt, The Exploding Boy and Jack and Diane, has developed a style that as much as anything likes to position its actors in fantastically attractive settings; a typical scene involves a single shot in which a person or persons start far away and gradually walk closer and closer to the camera, even though the sound remains consistently clear and steady.

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