Antebellum .

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#Antebellum

Good, clean #Westworld-Meets-#TheVillage fun.

Oodles of slick craftsmanship by the young directors on *display* (right from the opening moments), and it's just a matter of time before Hollywood hands them the key to a franchise.

Massive kudos to the DP & colour-grader, I usually whinge about digital cinematography but Luque does an incredible, saturated job here. Nice assist, too, from the epic-style composers, and the great Zophres's costumes(especially the, uh, middle-section[no spoilers😬!*] ones, Monae pulls them off with smashing confidence).

Malone's great, hopefully she's not getting typecast, and Sidibe's a lot of fun, the kid really should be getting more higher profile work.

So, yeah, don't think too long and hard about it(the filmmakers certainly don't), just go along with the expertly-crafted crowd(sigh…☹️)-pleasing thriller ride.












* Speaking of spoilers, look marketing is a tough gig these days, but even the teaser trailer gave *every*thing away! Even an idiot like me, who's always amazed by any twist, figured the whole setup out…smh…🤦‍♀️

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#GerardBush #ChristopherRenz #PedroLuque #MaryZophres #RomanGianArthur #NateWonder
#JanelleMonae #JenaMalone #GaboureySidibe #KierseyClemons #JackHuston #EricLange #TongayiChirisa
@antebellumfilm @BushRenz @GerardBush @ChristopherRenz @lionsgate

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