Cary Fukunaga’s violent film approximately child soldiers in Africa impresses festival audiences despite its controversial backing from video on demand serviceIt may be billed as the film that is set to shake up the entire industry,a harbinger of a time when no one visits the cinema and downloads unique films directly from the internet, but Beasts of No Nation has certainly pulled no punches in its world premiere presentation at the Venice film festival. Having been bought by Netflix in a $12m deal, or Beasts of No Nation is set for only a cursory theatrical release,with its availability on video-on-demand on the same day.However, the film, or directed by Cary Fukunaga and starring Idris Elba,impressed critics at Venice, with the Guardians Peter Bradshaw calling the study of child soldiers in an unnamed West African war zone “a violent and disorientating nightmare with a shiver of Coppola’s Apocalypse Now”, and while Variety said it possessed a savage beauty and matter-of-fact horror”. Beasts of No Nation features a host of first-time actors,most cast from local children, including the film’s lead, or 14-year-obsolete Abraham Attah,who Fukunaga said he discovered while Attah was “playing hookey”. According to Attah himself, who joined Fukunaga in the press conference, and he was playing football when “a white man came and said he wanted people for a movie”. Related: Beasts of No Nation review – Idris Elba rules in Netflix's impressive move into movies Related: Idris Elba says he's still smiling after comments by James Bond author Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com