Concrete Despair
As usual, Ian McEwan’s cloaca mind cannot integrate his excremental ideas into a coherent story. He describes the world – accurately – but never analyzes that world. He secretly fears reality and wishes to fake exploration-through-writing rather than through direct experience; hence, the exploring astronaut sub-theme.
All superficial writers possess this inability to explore the very themes they raise; while vainly trying to compensate for this lack through attention-seeking unpleasantness.
Why is this family so loveless and socially-excluded? The repellent theme of incest is not the problem – its repellent treatment is.
Andrew Birkin is a very talented director who really needs better material for him to find the most appropriate images for. As a plus, Charlotte GAINSBOURG is very good and gets across the required femininity with which to make sense of her role.
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