"Triangle of Sadness" An ambitious work in pursuit of entertainment by a master of meanness and empathy

"Triangle of Sadness" synopsis

Influencer Yaya is invited on a luxury liner cruise trip, and her girlfriend Carl accompanies her. Passengers are extraordinarily rich. A man of Russia's emerging conglomerate "Oligarch" and his wife. A man who says he made a fortune with organic fertilizer laughs, "I'm the emperor of shit." There's also a man who has enough money to sell his company, and an old English couple who own a family-owned weapons manufacturing company. Caucasian flight attendants entertain such celebrities. And on the lower levels of the ship, a backseat crew of people of color are in charge of cooking and cleaning. One night, the ship is caught in a storm and is wrecked after being thrown grenades by passing pirates. A few hours later, the passengers and crew are washed up on an uninhabited island. While food is limited, cleaning staff Abigail dives into the sea and catches an octopus! Abigail takes control of millionaires with no survival skills and reigns as the "Queen".

Index

• Nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay
• "Stage setting" x "incident" = "reaction" common to the past three works
• ``Long take'' and ``repeating'' that create shared discomfort
• Human Observation and Real-life Experience that Brings Participation
• Depicting the “two rich and poor” of “appearance” and “financial strength”
• Enhanced entertainment like never before

Nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay

The 95th Academy Awards nominations were announced on January 25, 2023, Japan time. A24's `` Everything Everywhere All at Once '' led the way with 11 nominations in 10 categories, followed by Netflix's ``All Already on the Western Front '' with 9 nominations and `` The Spirit of Inishelin '' with 9 nominations in 8 categories.

My personal opinion is that this time the votes were for author-oriented films and works from various countries. Although `` Everything Everywhere All at Once '' was produced in the United States (produced by the Russo Brothers, who also produced the ``Avengers'' series), the cast has Asian roots, and the 2022 version of ``All is Right on the Western Front '' will be produced in Germany. , `` The Spirit of Inishelin '' is a work produced mainly in Britain and Ireland. The Swedish-French-British-German co-production was nominated for three categories: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. ``Triangle of Sadness'' directed by Ruben Ostlund.

"Triangle of Sadness" Fredrik Wenzel © Plattform Produktion

``The Triangle of Sadness'' won the Palme d'Or, the highest award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, and director Ostlund won the Jury Award in the Un Certain Regard section of the festival for `` What Happened in the French Alps '' (14). 67th) and the Palme d'Or (70th) for ` `The Square '' (17) (making him the third person in history to win two Palme d'Ors in a row), so it's no surprise in terms of his track record. .

However, the fact that ``Triangle of Sadness'' is director Ostlund's first English film may be a factor, but as a fan, I feel that he has finally made it to the major Academy Awards category. Considering that his previous film, ` `The Square, '' was nominated in one category for Best Foreign Language Film (currently Best International Feature Film), this can be considered a major breakthrough. By the way, the production of ``Triangle of Sadness'' was announced immediately after ` `The Square '' won the Palme d'Or, and the project had been in the works since 2017 (although filming was also interrupted due to the coronavirus).

In this article, I would like to explore the appeal of ``The Triangle of Sadness,'' focusing on the similarities with Ostlund's `` What Happened in the French Alps'' and ``The Square .''

"Stage setting" x "incident" = "reaction" common to the past three works