Adolescence

[Martin]

Netflix's Adolescence is unlike anything I've ever seen:

I caught wind of this 4 part British limited series on social media where I saw a short clip of an interview with Stephen Graham, one of the two creators/writers and the actor who plays the father, discussing how the show was made. Each 50 minute episode was filmed in one continuous shot. He stated they treated each episode like a play and that the second episode took two takes while the fourth took fourteen; incredible. The camerawork and cinematography is amazing.

And to top it all off the story, writing, and acting are all absolutely wonderful. This show will run away with awards next year. And a serious warning - the show is sometimes hard to watch and a real bawl your eyes out tearjerker - especially if you are the father of a son. This is must see stuff.

Martin

This Aurora song has a whole new meaning for me...

 

[Chr1]

Loved it. Awesome cinematography and very good overall.
Friggin depressing tho...
(And yet more confirmation that I have done the right thing, in steering well clear of social media.)

 

[Deleted member 77012]

Yep, its cinematography is really worth watching, to say the least.

There seems to exist some kind of British Realism as the movie reminds me of »The Fall«.

 

[Chr1]

Worth checking out "Boiling Point" (2021) too, if you haven't seen it. Again, starring Steven Graham and by the same people. Very good and also all done in one take. Should be on Netflix too.

 

[Sokel]

Pure, raw genius by the creators.
A little too "cinephile" atmosphere at the last episode as well, I can expect some won't like it because of this but to us who like poetic cinema the influence is there.

Hope there are more to come by them.

 

[Sokel]

Yep, its cinematography is really worth watching, to say the least.

There seems to exist some kind of British Realism as the movie reminds me of »The Fall«.

The Fall is amongst my personal top 10, to me is what the cinema is all about.

 

[sajgre]

I absolutely loved everything about it. Before watching it I thought that one take would be a gimmick but it was done brilliantly and glued you to the screen.

 

[Pareto Pragmatic]

I'll add my voice to the "very good and very depressing" chorus.

Luckily I was in the mood for a "everyone is worse off at the end" story.