The Father movie review: Anthony Hopkins puts viewers in the disoriented mind of a dementia-stricken dad
3 years, 10 months ago

The Father movie review: Anthony Hopkins puts viewers in the disoriented mind of a dementia-stricken dad

Firstpost  

Cinema and memory function in much the same way. Selective of what they show us and what they don’t, Zeller and his editor Yorgos Lamprinos construct a fragmented narrative that mimics the nature of fading memories. She brings different news altogether: she isn’t moving to Paris, and Anthony isn’t being moved to a nursing home, but he is getting a new caregiver the next day. A similar uneasy relationship between a dementia-stricken parent and anxious daughter informs Michael Almereyda’s film, which is also based on a play. So even a very strong memory can be unreliable, because it’s always in the process of dissolving.” Zeller posits something not dissimilar in his own exploration into the mutability of memories in The Father.

Memories Dementia Memory Mind Father Remember Anthony Zeller Hopkins Puts  movie  memories  dementiastricken  hopkins  puts  dad  anthony  daughter  memory  father  viewers  disoriented  remember  reality  mind  past  review  zeller

History of this topic

The Father review: Anthony Hopkins deserved his Oscar for deeply moving depiction of dementia
3 years, 9 months ago

The Father review: Anthony Hopkins deserved his Oscar for deeply moving depiction of dementia

The Independent  

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams. Anthony Hopkins’s performance in The Father, Florian Zeller’s haunting dementia drama, feels delicate and crushingly familiar. And yet, it’s been too easily reduced to a mere pawn in the backlash against this year’s Academy Awards, where producers made the baffling decision to end the night on Best …

The Father: What is the appeal of dementia movies?
3 years, 9 months ago

The Father: What is the appeal of dementia movies?

The Independent  

Speaking earlier this spring, British producer David Parfitt reflected on the challenges of financing Florian Zeller’s The Father. Like Hopkins in The Father, Julianne Moore won an Oscar for Still Alice playing a professor at an Ivy League college who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. open image in gallery Judi Dench as the author Iris Murdoch, whose mind deteriorates due …

’The Father’ review: Anthony Hopkins delivers a masterclass
3 years, 11 months ago

’The Father’ review: Anthony Hopkins delivers a masterclass

Live Mint  

Most often storytellers approach narratives about aging and loss of mental faculties from the point of view of the family and external impact. It’s a sympathetic and deeply moving story that looks out from his perspective at muddled timelines, jumbled memories and a palpable fear of mortality. Based on his stage play Le Père, Zeller has adapted his story to …

Film's struggle to help us understand the pain of dementia
4 years ago

Film's struggle to help us understand the pain of dementia

BBC  

Film's struggle to help us understand the pain of dementia Alamy New Anthony Hopkins film The Father is a big step forward for the on-screen depiction of the condition. Alamy What They Had looks skilfully at the responsibility that falls to families in caring for dementia patients In the film Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon play siblings who try to …

Review: In ‘The Father,’ the disorientation of dementia
4 years ago

Review: In ‘The Father,’ the disorientation of dementia

Associated Press  

In Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” Anthony, 80, in the grip of dementia, is a captain ready to go down with the ship. “The Father,” which opens in theaters Friday, is Zeller’s directorial debut but he’s a well-known French playwright and author who’s here adapting his own play, one that’s been put on around the world. Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” with Jean-Louis …

Discover Related