SPLIT

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SPLIT

2016

(7,3 out of 10)
Horror (Thriller)
1 h 57 min - 117 min
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

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	James McAvoy
	Anya Taylor-Joy
	Betty Buckley
	Haley Lu Richardson

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Cheol-jeong era una star del bowling professionistico. Quando lo ritroviamo anni dopo, è un fallito: zoppo, con un problema di alcolismo, ridotto a barcamenarsi vivendo di espedienti. Quando incontra Young-hoon, un ragazzo autistico che infila uno strike dopo l'altro, fiuta la possibilità di riscattarsi, accogliendo sotto la propria ala il ragazzo. Tra i molti pregi del cinema medio sudcoreano c'è sicuramente quello di affrontare senza vergogna la lunga tradizione americana, girando storie che potrebbero appartenere alla New Hollywood e cercando di perfezionarne i pattern consolidati. Tra i difetti invece figura il fatto di non accontentarsi mai di chiudere una storia su un tono medio: servono finale e controfinale, tronfia esaltazione ed enfasi retorica. Split rappresenta un esempio perfetto di ambedue le tendenze. Benché bastino pochi minuti per leggere attraverso lo script e comprendere la funzione di ogni personaggio - la colpa e la redenzione di Cheol-jeong, il legame invisibile tra lui e Young-hoon - la capacità narrativa di Choi Kook-hee è tale da rendere un piacere la compagnia per più di un'ora di queste differenti tipologie di esseri umani fallati e problematici. Una piccola lezione sulla funzione che il cinema medio dovrebbe svolgere e a cui oggi - in parte - provvedono le serie tv: semplicità, brillantezza di sceneggiatura, possibilità di creare un transfert tra spettatore e personaggio fittizio. Ma, come troppo spesso avviene in Corea, ci pensano gli ultimi venti minuti a rovinare tutto, con una risoluzione sbrigativa ed eccessiva, melodrammatica, carente a livello di recitazione e di post-produzione. Inevitabile poi ripensare al film nella sua globalità e ridimensionarlo, ma qualcosa di quella piacevole sensazione di rimpatriata da Hollywood settantesca rimane.

The Dr. Fletcher character is said to be a psychiatrist, which would mean she has a medical degree, not just a master's in counseling. A person with a masters degree is not referred to as Dr. <br>------------------------<br><br>Casey is shown having been trained since she was a toddler to use firearms, yet when she does use a shotgun, she racks and fires on an empty chamber, even though she's shown looking at and then loading her last two shells. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Dennis are in the train station after Patricia has bought flowers to lay on the train platform, an extra seen walking behind Kevin is looking directly at the camera. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Dr. Fletcher receives the first email from Kevin, the subject reads "We need you;" however, when she opens the email, it says "No subject" in the subject line. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Hedwig finishes his dance for Casey, he switches off his CD player which causes it to open. In the next shot it is closed. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Dr. Fletcher interviews Barry about the incident that happened at his work, we see her without glasses. In the next shot (from behind Dr. Fletcher) we see her remove her glasses. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the girls attempt to escape the first time and Claire runs down the corridor, you can see the camera/production equipment casting a shadow on her. <br>------------------------<br><br>When the camera approaches the father putting food in the trunk, you can see the camera crews legs in the reflection in the fender of the car. <br>------------------------<br><br>There will be no alarm if you open a passenger door of a car with the keys in the keyhole. Alarm will sound only for the driver's door. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Dr. Fletcher is giving her speech through Skype, you can see her being projected onto the large screen for the audience. The video on that screen is completely synchronized with the small image on the bottom right, but it should be delayed, as the video signal has to first travel there, be projected on the large screen, recorded by the second camera and finally sent back to her computer. <br>------------------------<br><br>The Beast is shown taking a bite out of Casey's calf, badly enough to cause her to limp for the rest of the movie; but, at the end, as her leg is being wrapped in the ambulance, the EMT grabs and squeezes her calf right where the injury would be. Casey doesn't flinch or react at all. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Casey is running from the Beast, she is attacked in the gate between sections, causing her white shirt to be torn on her front and right (audience left) shoulder. When she is in the cage at the end of the corridor, she has to reload after firing and missing yet another shot. In the medium close-up on her left arm holding the shells, the sleeve is badly torn and dangles at her wrist. In the next shot, Casey gets frustrated with the same sleeve and pulls it off her shoulder to where it was at in the previous shot. <br>------------------------<br><br>When Casey is knocked down and attempts to shoot The Beast, her left hand changes position on the shotgun as the camera angle changes. <br>------------------------<br><br>Casey would not have been put in a police car after suffering such a severe leg wound, but after the initial dressing of the wound in the ambulance, she would have been transported directly to the hospital for treatment and a full examination because of the nature of the crime and the severity of her injury. <br>------------------------<br><br>