Sand you have recently seen Oppenheimer, then you can’t get lost Teneton first TV tonight at 9.20pm on Italia 1. Christopher Nolan’s penultimate effort – who as usual enjoys messing up narratives and temporal planes –, the film is a saga of great special effects and philosophical questions, condensed in 150 minutes with cotton wool.
Tenetthe plot of Christopher Nolan’s film
The subject is that of international espionage. With nations uniting beyond their interests to solve an enigmatic intrigue. The Protagonist (unnamed character played by John David Washington) is a well-trained and very sensitive agent who is assigned an important task. Stop what could turn out to be like a planetary apocalypse, a threat worse than Armageddon. But in this arduous mission he will not be alone, A partner, Neil (Robert Pattinson), and his old acquaintance: the beautiful Kat (Elizabeth Debicki) will come to his aid..
The only way to save the world seems to be contained in the mysterious word “Tenet” and to face the global threat, the two special agents will have to carry out their actions in something beyond real time. Implementing a temporal manipulation, known as an inversion. It is not a time travel, but an alteration of the flow, which brings a deviation from the natural course of things. Inversion is the idea of matter with its entropy inverted, therefore it passes through time in the opposite direction, relative to us. It’s a double-edged swordbecause if used on a large scale it could become a form of terrorism and at the same time it is the most effective means that the Protagonist and Neil have to save humanity and avoid a third world war.
A highly spectacular and complex sci-fi
Between science fiction and spy-story, Tenetin structure and themes, is a distant cousin of Inceptionunited by the continuous interweaving of stories and narrative plans. But if the film with Leonardo Di Caprio pushed the accelerator onto the dreamlike dimension, here the director of Oppenheimer stay anchored to reality. Playing very intelligently on the concept of time and its relativity. As also in Interstellar Furthermore, Nolan also represents a world nearing its end due to climate change, suggesting the possibility of something radical in the offing. Like a bomb that no one sees exploding but which will soon explode.
John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in a scene from “Tenet”. (Warner Bros.)
Despite a complex, but never banal, script, Tenet it flows naturally but above all with speed, despite the duration of over two and a half hours. All thanks to lightning-fast direction and an innovative use of special effects full of surprises. Similar in some ways to Mission: Impossible and the last chapters of the saga of James Bond – also due to the refinement of the protagonists and the espionage plot – the film is a joy for the eyes and – with a dramaturgical, visual and sound richness – contrasts a reduction to the bare bones of the characterization of the characters. We know very little about the protagonists, we don’t know their past and we barely know what their name is but this only increases the charm of the intricate story.
Elizabeth Debicki in a scene from “Tenet”. (IPA)
Shot in Imax and 70mm, like Oppenheimerand photographed with cold lights and breathtaking settings, Tenet It also has an excellent cast among its strong points. And not only for the presence of the legendary Michael Caine and the cynical antagonist Kenneth Branagh. In fact, the measured and never intrusive co-protagonist is the handsome Robert Pattinsonnow light years away from teen movies, while a mysterious Elizabeth Debicki appears credible as a key character in solving the mystery. Last but not least, John David Washington offers a muscular and sensitive performance, worthy of dad Denzel.
John David Washington, talent runs in the family
Born in Los Angeles in 1984, the actor is the eldest son of the legendary Denzel Washington and his wife Paulette Pearson. He made his film debut at a very young age in a micro role in the film Malcolm directed by Spike Lee and starring his father but in subsequent years John David He seems to have other plans in life. In fact, since I was a boy, he becomes an American football talent and for about six years plays as a running back in American and European teams.
The return to the cinema will happen thanks to Spike Leewhere it all began, which wants him to star together with Adam Driver BlacKkKlansman. From then on a succession of successful titles such as Tenet, Malcolm & Marie by Sam Levinson And Amsterdam by David O. Russell. Very confidential about his private life, we will see John David again in 2023 in two highly anticipated films during the next season. The first, The Piano Lesson, directed by his younger brother Malcolm while the second, The Creatorbrings the form of Gareth Edwards and tells of a war between humans and artificial intelligence in a post-apocalyptic future.
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