2022.10.17
"Spencer" synopsis
Christmas 1991. The relationship between Princess Diana and Prince Charles had already cooled down. Amid rumors of infidelity and divorce, the royal family gathered to celebrate Christmas at Queen Elizabeth's private residence, Sandringham House. Everyone except Diana is trying to maintain peace and act as if nothing has happened. Except for moments with her sons, Diana never had time to be herself. Whether it's dinner or church services, someone is always watching. Her spirit had already reached its limit. Driven into a corner, Diana makes a big decision to decide her future life in her hometown of Sandringham.
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excessive gaze
``I can definitely understand the feeling of wanting to connect with people, but ironically feeling distanced by the amount of things that are thrown at you.'' (Kristen Stewart)*1
Diana drives a red convertible to Queen Elizabeth's private residence, Sandringham House, to celebrate Christmas with her family. At the beginning of Pablo Larraín's ``Spencer'' (21), Diana (Kristen Stewart) finds herself lost. Diana mutters to herself in blunt words. Her ``plain words,'' which you have probably never heard unless you are very close to Diana, have an edgy feel to them, and this work also contains a kind of warmth and existence that she possessed. .
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Three days of Christmas spent with the royal family. Diana vows to endure the pain of these three days. Freezing cold winter. No matter how much Diana wished for it, Sandringham House would never be equipped with heating equipment. Diana arrives late at Sandringham House and, in keeping with royal tradition, is weighed on arrival. Winter of 1991. Diana finds these royal traditions and rituals almost suffocating. The interior of Sandringham House, where Diana and her sons are freezing, is ironically decorated in warm colors.
A fable based on a true tragedy, ``Spencer'' is inspired by a true story and dives into the world of Diana's mind. A neurotic and hallucinatory world that seems to sneak into Diana's cracked heart. Claire Matton's camera, freshly remembered for her wonderful work in Céline Sciamma's `` Petite Maman '' (21), captures Diana's wanderings in long shots and her frustration in close-ups.
"Spencer" Pablo Larrain
Aerial shots and interiors inspired by Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980). Like the hotel in The Shining, Sandringham House is steeped in memories of the mansion. Queen Anne Boleyn was favored by Henry VIII, but was executed as a nuisance for marrying another woman. Diana identifies with her tragic story. In the dinner scene where the royal family gathers around the table, if someone makes a noise with the dishes, someone will listen with their ears open. The pearl necklace Diana is wearing makes a jingling sound, as if it were a hallucination that torments her.
The close-ups directed at Diana-Kristen Stewart are taken with an excessive degree of closeness, as if to express the psychological pressure Princess Diana must have felt from the paparazzi's cameras. Diana's mind and body are destroyed by her excessive connection to the world beyond what she desires.
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