This is exceptional film making. A clever depiction of a terrifying consequence of growing old. The acting, directing, script writing, editing, attention to detail - all added up to a gripping tale of what is likely to befall many of us if we are lucky enough to make it into our eighties.
This is multi layered writing at its best. The frustration we felt for the character so brilliantly performed by Glenda Jackson gives a sense of what it is like to actually have Alzheimer's. She felt she was the only one not to have lost her marbles when all along she really was just blanking out all the important information.
The fragmented nature of memory was perfectly caught here - the blurred images behind glass you couldn't quite see through contrasted with the vivid recall of times from 70 years ago was dramatically depicted in a gloriously unsentimental script. The British excel at this - and having a plot that spliced together a real murder mystery with an imagined one was inspired.
Jackson provides a heart wrenching performance that in my experience captures exactly what old age is like for many - determined to remain on the surface entirely presentable and yet being forced into a decline which it's impossible to resist. As we enter an era in which we all grow older this is the best version of what's ahead that I have ever seen. Thank you for providing such a thought provoking slice of life and for not air brushing the reality.
This is multi layered writing at its best. The frustration we felt for the character so brilliantly performed by Glenda Jackson gives a sense of what it is like to actually have Alzheimer's. She felt she was the only one not to have lost her marbles when all along she really was just blanking out all the important information.
The fragmented nature of memory was perfectly caught here - the blurred images behind glass you couldn't quite see through contrasted with the vivid recall of times from 70 years ago was dramatically depicted in a gloriously unsentimental script. The British excel at this - and having a plot that spliced together a real murder mystery with an imagined one was inspired.
Jackson provides a heart wrenching performance that in my experience captures exactly what old age is like for many - determined to remain on the surface entirely presentable and yet being forced into a decline which it's impossible to resist. As we enter an era in which we all grow older this is the best version of what's ahead that I have ever seen. Thank you for providing such a thought provoking slice of life and for not air brushing the reality.