Never Let Me Go (2010) Mark Romanek
Kids who are raised to be organ donors…yikes. This was never going to be a happy film, and it’s certainly not a hopeful one. Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, the film’s tone is persistently bleak. In some ways ,the film’s atmosphere is timeless, with life surrounding the boarding school going on as if everything is right in the world. In some ways, there are period elements, such in the ways that our lead characters dress and conduct themselves. Butt then, when a character is facing their predetermined fate in a stark and cool operating room, it feels futuristic. It’s a melting pot of moments in time.
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