Memphis

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Audience Member Memphis is rough, unfinished and overly artsy but the music is undeniably interesting and the film is captivating, albeit not particularly memorable. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Simple and beautiful, if you can watch an art-forward film with little story and a lot of meandering you will enjoy this one. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I respect what director Tim Sutton was trying to do with this film, but I didn't quite enjoy it. I understand the aimless and wandering structure of the film was supposed to parallel the journey of the protagonist, and although I can appreciate that, it often makes the film difficult to watch. There seems to be a strong sense of culture and community in Memphis, and that ended up being my favorite thing to watch in this film. Listening in on conversations that I normally wouldn't be a part of is incredibly enjoyable for me, but it can't make up for a lack of character and plot development. Memphis is an interesting effort, but something I can't totally get behind. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Lumbering and strange Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The portrait of a city. The sketch of an artist. Tim Sutton's masterful Memphis evokes aspects of cinema rarely used to such precision; an aural experience and a visual masterstroke that's not so much about something but of something. Without a doubt one of the best films of the year and a singularly unique cinematic experience. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member It would be easy to refer to Tim Sutton's new film as Malick-ian, but Memphis is actually more noticeable in how it seeks authenticity through it's broken narrative. Featuring musician Willis Earl Beal playing more-or-less a fictionalized version of himself, the film avoids having a plot and instead follows the protagonist as he observes the titular city, while occasionally vocally expressing his musings and troubles. The cinematography is frequently beautiful and Beale proves to have a singular presence for representing Sutton's world, so there's little doubt that that Memphis is art (or closer to that term than most films), but as a film it certainly reaches a stylistic limit. It doesn't truly develop any of it's themes, with the film agonizingly introducing characters and set-ups that ultimately serve no meaning. Certainly a film that encourages the mind to wander for an hour-and-a-half, but also one that may quickly be forgotten. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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