After conversing with the director/co-writer, Michael Sorenson, at the world premiere (Montreal World Film Festival), he told me that he wrote this story after he and Alija Sighvatsson, the second co-writer, found out that a common friend had committed suicide. The woman in question had been living a double life of prostitution and the writers wanted to find out how this atrocity came to be and attempt to bring closure to their emotional pain. After some research in the streets (which by the looks of it payed of), they completed the screenplay.
The story of Converging with Angels is a great look at the ins and outs of prostitution and has a very sincere and real quality to it. It is a study of the underworld, but also a study of life and people. The Dogma certification adds a touch of homemade real-life story, but occasionally decreases the quality of the picture (especially the lighting). This is no real obstacle though. What is the most tedious however is the editing chose of keeping the running time up at 2hours 42mins. There were no scenes that should really have been cut out, but certainly long silent scenes that could have been trimmed without losing any of the essence of the film (e.g cooking scene or dark sex scene).
Overall, the film is very good. The dialogue, the story, the acting (nods off to newcommer Robert Tobin who conveys a good range of emotions), and the realistic portrayal of the underworld. The final scene more than adequately tops of the movie and artistically captures the conflicting reality of a sex worker.
7/10
The story of Converging with Angels is a great look at the ins and outs of prostitution and has a very sincere and real quality to it. It is a study of the underworld, but also a study of life and people. The Dogma certification adds a touch of homemade real-life story, but occasionally decreases the quality of the picture (especially the lighting). This is no real obstacle though. What is the most tedious however is the editing chose of keeping the running time up at 2hours 42mins. There were no scenes that should really have been cut out, but certainly long silent scenes that could have been trimmed without losing any of the essence of the film (e.g cooking scene or dark sex scene).
Overall, the film is very good. The dialogue, the story, the acting (nods off to newcommer Robert Tobin who conveys a good range of emotions), and the realistic portrayal of the underworld. The final scene more than adequately tops of the movie and artistically captures the conflicting reality of a sex worker.
7/10