Venice 2023: Ava DuVernay's 'Origin' Film Barely Scratches the Surface

"Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred, it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long that it looks like the natural order of things." I had such high hopes for this film. Going in to the very first press screening of Ava DuVernay's film Origin at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, I wanted it to be a masterpiece, I wanted it to have the potential to change the world. I had a good feeling it might have that kind of real power. Alas, it is a let down... It's not that isn't a beautiful, soulful film made by a superbly talented filmmaker. It's that there isn't much being said. It's just... so painfully surface-level and basic. It's frustrating in how the blatantly obvious ideas are just repeated over and over. I honestly hate to say it, because it's such a wonderfully made film, and it's trying to be important, but after a while it gets so tedious and repetitive all of its real power fades away. I do still hope it has a great impact on some viewers. // Continue Reading ›

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