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Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Director - Ruben Östlund, Cinematography - Fredrik Wenzel

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell."

Triangle of Sadness (2022) dir. Ruben Östlund

Sans filtre [Triangle of Sadness] (Ruben Östlund, 2022)

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On April 25th, The Swedish director Ruben Östlund makes his debut in The Criterion Collection with his latest Triangle of Sadness that won the Palme d'Or in Cannes last year.

Special features:

New 4K digital master, approved by director Ruben Östlund, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

New interview with Östlund and filmmaker and actor Johan Jonason

Two new programs: one about the film’s special effects and one about a challenging day on set

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

New cover by Haley Turnbull

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Triangle of Sadness has an early scene, lasting a few minutes, where cameras are flashing constantly from all directions. The opening NEON production company logo has a strobe effect. A few scenes are lit by flickering campfires at night.

Scenes taking place on a rocking and tilting ship may be disorienting.

Flashing Lights: 8/10. Motion Sickness: 4/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: An entire sequence is filled with excessive on-screen vomiting, with a couple of minutes of warning as people get seasick. During this sequence, we hear the sound of violent diarrhea for about half a minute. An extended gross-out gag involves a massive overflow of a sewage system. The sounds of an animal in pain are heard repeatedly in one scene.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Triangle of Sadness

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Blu-ray review: “Triangle of Sadness” (2022)

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“Sehr subtil ist das ja nicht.” sagt der Tobi über The Triangle of Sadness. Aber man muss ja gelegentlich darauf hinweisen, daß es auf der Welt nicht gerecht zugeht. Sonst würde es womöglich keiner merken. Wenn man diese Erkenntnis recht vergnüglich (wenngleich zwischendurch etwas unappetitlich) und nicht allzu tiefschürfend verpackt, haben alle ihre Freude, und man bekommt womöglich ein goldene Palme.

Sans filtre [Triangle of Sadness] (Ruben Östlund, 2022)

Triangle of Sadness (2022, dir. Ruben Östlund) - review by Rookie-Critic

Triangle of Sadness, this year's Palm d'Or winner, is a brutal criticism of the uber-rich and how their excess lifestyle holds their egos together like patchwork. The characters in this film are not relatable by design, and it makes them easy to dislike. Who wouldn't resent the model/influencer power couple that order the pasta to take Instagram photos with it, without the slightest intent on eating it due to a gluten intolerance, or the wife of the fertilizer magnate, who puts the entire cruise on hold so that the crew can go for a swim, not realizing what that will do to the food that the kitchen was in the middle of cooking, or just the schedule of the cruise in general (it's a real "let them eat cake" moment). The film is rather enjoyable if you can handle a couple of pretty intense gross-out moments; you get to laugh at the upper crust's misfortune and the film, even in its darkest moments, never takes itself too seriously. Also, and this seems to be a growing pattern with me, even though I was working off of very little sleep, I never found myself dozing off in the theater. My attention was kept the whole time.

However, while I did enjoy it, I couldn't help but get this nagging feeling and a voice at the back of my head saying "Ok, but what now?" Therein lies my biggest complaint with this movie. I will admit that I haven't seen any of Östlund's other films, but his reputation does precede him. Östlund, who at this point is known for his cynical take-downs of the world's masquerading creeps, takes on a target that isn't masquerading at all, but wearing their creep loudly on their sleeves, and it all just feels so... easy. Making the message of your film "rich people = bad" isn't exactly groundbreaking, and the movie takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to convey this message that most of its audience is fully aware of way before walking into the theater. I'm not against a film that goes after rich people, but when that is all your film is doing without necessarily adding any new commentary into the mix, then you're missing the heart of it. If you want to see a genuinely good and entertaining movie about the pitfalls of excess and affluence, watch Bodies Bodies Bodies; it tackles a very specific subset of this topic and adds commentary that is more pointed and nuanced than "let's all laugh at the rich people." With all that in mind, Triangle of Sadness is still a genuinely good movie, and while it may not have been quite as biting as it thought it was, it's still immensely enjoyable as a comedic piece. There's nothing wrong with laughing at rich people.

Score: 7/10

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