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Monos is the modern war film influenced by Nan Goldin and Harmony Korine

October 25, 2019 DMT.NEWS, DmtDaily, Khareem Sudlow, Nick Chen

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“It’s paradise but at the same time it’s hell.” That’s how the Colombian-Ecuadorian director Alejandro Landes describes the anonymous setting of his immersive war film Monos. There’s no indication of where we are, what year it is, or why everyone’s parading a gun. All we know is that there’s political turmoil – and the view is spectacular.

In the opening scene, blindfolded teenagers play football on a scenic mountaintop,hellip;