"To mark the occasion, I chose a film that I think the world forgot, what little of it ever saw it. This is one of the most beautiful works of painted cinema of the young century from a director who was almost the greatest director we had. He was searching for a new state of being, a new kind of film buried beneath the old one."
"He was searching for a new state of being, a new kind of film buried beneath the old one. His ecstatic longing, the wretched past looking for a better present, his indefatigable emotionalism, Vincent Ward 's cinema has permanently etched itself in my memory. Enjoy this look at his final fiction film to date, the cap to a too-small filmography."
The Unloved is a twelve-year-old film that largely went unseen and is regarded as forgotten. The film exemplifies painted cinema of the new century, featuring meticulously composed visuals and poetic imagery. Vincent Ward pursued a new state of being and sought to create a new kind of film beneath conventional forms. The film expresses ecstatic longing, a wretched past striving for a better present, and an indefatigable emotionalism. The work functions as an emotional capstone and represents Ward's final fiction film to date, closing a filmography that many consider too small given his ambitions.
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