The Killing of Two Lovers

I really like the kind of movies that make you feel like one of the characters. The photography was spectacular, I was captivated by that directional effect of the camera with focus and out of focus in the same shot, I think it gave the entire film dimensionality. Excellent work and I cannot fail to mention how excellent the music is, from the first 5 minutes I was intrigued by what would happen.

A low-boil thriller that starts hot and ends a tad hotter. This is the story of a marriage falling apart, with one of the two parties moving on, and the other clinging to what's left. There is jealousy and pent-up rage. There is a nice balance between vengeance craved and responsible parenting. I have very few complaints about this small indie film.

A powerful story which is well executed from start to finish.

The movie beautifully shows the complexity of relationships. Whilst to the outside eye the fractures of a relationship might appear obvious, love can be a binding force that masks such fractures to those in the relationship.

The movie depicts the many forms of love which are evident in society; at one extreme there is love which borders obsessive and destructive behaviour, and at the other is love which is simply duty bound. The movie shows this with dark and brute force at times.

The setting of the story is perfectly fitting; a small remote town in a bland environment enhances the focus on the relationship at the centre of the movie. The setting is symbolic of the nature of the love that holds the main couple together. Harsh and obsessive at one end, and unfulfilling at the other.

In reality, true love lies somewhere in between.

So emotionally raw, you really feel for the characters. Also very visually beautiful.

Robert Machoian's 'The Killing of Two Lovers' is an oppressively strong and raw picture that relies primarily on Clayne Crawford's performance - You can feel the underlying tightness of his repressed rage. The majority of the film is narrated from a fixed camera at a significant distance from the protagonists. In some moments, the characters take up just a quarter of the screen, leaving the rest for the sky, mountains, and cold landscapes of the Midwest of the United States. This visual design allows the film to depict the tensions and anguish of a character who has gotten himself into an emotional mess.