Film Discussion ·Netflix releasing an 8-hour film series and calling it a film is a category error we should resist
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The exposure of unwanted infants was practiced in the ancient world at a scale that is shocking by modern standards. Archaeological evidence of infant burials in specific contexts (drains, thresholds, specific deposit locations) confirms the literary evidence.
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The performance is so controlled that you don't notice until the third act how much is being held back.
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The comparison to the earlier film in the director's career reveals how much the visual vocabulary evolved.
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The comparison to Italian Neorealism is apt and more precise than it might initially seem.