Inside the “Itty Bitty Living Space”: Thoughts on Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
While Three Thousand Years of Longing has what I would consider to be some phenomenal posters with more of a fantastical bent, I decided to use this comparatively simple—even “boring”—shot of Tilda Swinton’s and Idris Elba’s characters in plain dress in a domestic setting to foreshadow some of what I’ll say below. PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER! Itty bitty living space! Disney’s Aladdin (1992) Normally when I write one of these reviews/critical pieces, I just post a brief spoiler (and possibly “content”) warning and then dive in; however, seeing as George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing is actually a more recent film—and as it didn’t do so well in theaters, suggesting a possibly larger than usual pool of people who have not seen it already—I’m going to make an exception here and start just below with a more general recommendation or review containing lighter spoilers, with a more typical spoiler-heavy discussi...