![]() ![]() This translates to lovely composed exchanges between family in Jan’s home, Iris’s working life captured as one that doesn’t drain the soul, and her mountain escape as a place with its own energy and heart. Shot with a different lens or filter, Pink Moon could look as dour as Requiem for a Dream instead, cinematographer Emo Weemhoff NSC (XX) neither drains nor enhances the colors of any scene. ![]() This conveys a sense of energy and vibrancy, a home filled with life, juxtaposed nicely against the occupant’s belief that he’s ready to let go. The floorplans of most of the rooms are open, allowing for bodies and sounds to pass fairly freely. The entranceway is a dual set of doors, but both are glass. Jan’s home, a primary feature of the film, includes a den area with half the walls as windows. It’s not merely the fact that the discussion between father and family (minus the adolescent children) is candid, enabling tension to come from reactions to information versus what’s unknown, it’s that the production design and cinematography maintain a certain exuberance for the majority of the film. Van der Meulen’s Pink Moon is the Dutch antithesis. L-R: Julia Akkermans as Iris and Eelco Smiths as Ivan in PINK MOON.Īt least in the U.S., there’s a presumption that the examination of death and dying must be explored through a grey lens, that despite so much talk over “going to a better place,” the act of dying is somehow infused with lifelessness in its narrative portrayal. Eschewing the expected maudlin approach, Pink Moon is a light affair that treats death and grief with a gentle touch, preserving the humanity at its core. Here, transition takes the form of acceptance as the celebration of life turns into the long goodbye. The major difference here is that spring denotes a period of life returning as it comes out of winter, but van der Meulen’s film centers on a young woman learning that her father has decided to end his life on his next birthday. How this fits into the Bastiaan Kroeger-written, Floor van der Meulen-directed Pink Moon is only thematically as it relates to a period of transition. Because of the period in which the Pink Moon appears, there’s a religious significance in relation to the Christian holiday of Easter and Jewish holiday of Passover, though its origin as a significant lunar event likely goes back to Native Americans and early Colonial settlers. The moon itself doesn’t change in color, but it gets its name from blooming phlox, a pinkish flower. Īstronomically speaking, a “Pink Moon” is the full moon of spring, appearing in April. ![]() ĭramedy “Pink Moon” may not grip you, but it’ll worm its way into your ear like a tune you can’t quite identify. Home › Reviews › In Theaters › Dramedy “Pink Moon” may not grip you, but it’ll worm its way into your ear like a tune you can’t quite identify. ![]()
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