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Carried by Cate Blanchett and Sacha Baron Cohen, Alfonso Cuarón’s first series is a splendor of staging. In line with his films “Gravity” and “Roma”, a singular object which contrasts radically with the rest of the production. On Apple TV+.
Unlike many filmmaker series, where the author is mainly a prestigious guest for one or two episodes, Disclaimer is from start to finish a work of Alfonso Cuarón (the Sons of Man, Gravity, Roma…) During his preview presentation at the Venice Film Festival, the Mexican filmmaker explained that he pulled out his hair to try to contain the story, inspired by a novel by Renée Knight (Revealed), in the two or three hours of a film before realizing, a few years later, that he had to embrace the long duration of the series. Without changing anything in his language: “During the entire process, it was never considered to do things differently than for cinema. We did everything as if it were a film. Or seven films.” The marathon shoot lasted almost a year. But the result actually contrasts with the average television show. Each shot is carefully thought out and worked on, from the setting to the movements, including the use of color.
“Beware of narrative and form, However, the series tells us in its introduction. Their power can bring us closer to the truth, but it can just as easily become a weapon of manipulation. If his subjects can manipulate us, it is because of our own beliefs and the judgments we make hastily
