Artistic Truth Bites Back: The Bitter Taste of Hard Candy
By Katy Scrogin | March 15th, 2009 | Category: Issue 3, On Cultural Life | No Comments »Imagine my surprise when the movie turned out to be brilliant. Brilliant, note—not enjoyable. The cinematography was fantastic and every one of us was retrospectively amazed that the whole thing was accomplished using a mere five actors. So yes, an incredible piece of work. The technical coups, however, were only icing on the cake. Its true distinction lay in its patent ability to discomfort the viewer in ways that I no longer thought possible, in a show-all, tell-all world.
