{"id":8812,"date":"2024-06-19T12:21:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/?p=8812"},"modified":"2024-06-19T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T16:21:32","slug":"charlie-is-afraid-in-orion-and-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadossman.com\/blog\/charlie-is-afraid-in-orion-and-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie is afraid, in Orion and the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2b50<\/span>\u2b50<\/span>\u2b50<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\n\n\t\n<\/svg>\n<\/span><\/span>Rating: 3 out of 5.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

A better title might be “Orion is Afraid”, or maybe “Charlie is Afraid”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What odd timing, for Orion and the Dark<\/em> to come out so close to the similarly-themed-if-pitched-at-a-very-different-audience Beau is Afraid<\/em>. Were Charlie Kaufman and Ari Aster comparing notes, over a few cups of\u00a0coffee?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than its general theme of anxiety, the unusual structure is the most obvious evidence of the author’s usually idiosyncratic touch. There’s about 15 minutes of table-setting, 17 minutes to reveal the framing device, and an 1 hour and 20 minutes until we zoom all the way out to the outer framing\u00a0device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is otherwise very conventional and generic. I’m disappointed that I am forced to repeat my complaint about almost every single English-language animated feature: Orion and the Dark<\/em> is just as hyper-verbal and overwritten as any mainstream animated feature, constantly spewing with torrents of ceaseless dialogue. The dominance of text over imagery is holding the entire animation medium\u00a0back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I did like its pretty funny (and timeless) joke about\u00a0non-apologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A better title might be “Orion is Afraid”, or maybe “Charlie is Afraid”. What odd timing, for Orion and the Dark to come out so close to the similarly-themed-if-pitched-at-a-very-different-audience Beau is Afraid. Were Charlie Kaufman and Ari Aster comparing notes, over a few cups of\u00a0coffee? 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