New Film ‘Only Beautiful Things’ Looks Amazing, But Is It Hiding Something?
- A visually stunning film takes us to 1980s Czechoslovakia.
- It covers a really dark time for the Roma community.
- But critics are saying it misses a beat.
You guys, we just read about a new film, and it sounds gorgeous. Seriously. It’s called ‘Only Beautiful Things to Look At.’
Slovakian filmmaker Ivan Ostrochovský takes us back to Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. The review says he got all the clothes and furniture just right. The visual vibe is definitely there.
But get this. That era was a truly awful time. The state had this terrible racist program. They were forcing Roma people into sterilization. Horrible stuff.
The film tries to show this period. But the review points out something interesting. It says the movie is attractive, yes. But also oddly bloodless. Like a fancy period drama, maybe too fancy?
It’s like it captures the look, but not the deep, real hurt. What do you even call that?
Our Take
We at BuzzMedia? We totally appreciate amazing visuals. Arti and Sucheta, our founders, are art grads, remember? Aesthetics are big for us.
But when a story tackles something as heavy as state-sanctioned cruelty? We need more than just pretty pictures. We need impact. We need that raw emotion to hit us.
A film can look handsome. But if it muffles the pain, is it really telling the whole story? It makes you wonder. We think art should make us really feel things. Even the hard stuff.
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