Crimson Gold

Saw Crimson Gold. It had the deliberate, removed camerawork of a modern arty film. It was about a man being constantly faced with the perpetual, low-level humiliation of poverty. There is nothing overtly sad in this film, but by under-selling the grimness of the story, it hits all the harder. It culminates in a botched jewelry store robbery which is shown at the beginning of the film in a move to heighten the feeling of sad inevitability. A good movie, but kind of a lite bummer.