Reading the threads about this movie I see that a lot of people say that nothing goes on. That the movie is very minimalistic. Is is, in the fact that there is not a lot of dialogue, there are a lot of close-ups of the young woman's face with a blank expression, the pace is slow in the beginning, and there are not a lot of actual scenes where much of anything happens. But if you really pay attention you realize that quite a lot is going on. This is one of those movies that you have to pay very close attention to. It's all in the minute details. There is no back story, so we do not find out why she is doing what she is doing, and the end of the movie does not give us any closure. The movie does start out slowly, with the young woman in close-up obviously praying. Then the tension begins to build, and does so when she begins a very rigorous grooming regime. Also notice how well-mannered she is. Who says thank you, and so often, to people she does not know and who have arranged for her death, even if she wants to die? Watch the little details when she is downtown. The people around her, especially at the stoplight. What they are doing, or not doing. The sounds around her. The sounds she makes, even when she is eating. How she is showing us her apprehension and nervousness regarding what she is about to do. Take the time to catch these little details, and the movie will be more interesting, though if you have seen it, you know how it ends. Which makes one think, Now what?
Review of Day Night Day Night
