The Whale

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his, where he responded, "As an actor, I promise to never pretend to be something I'm not again". (That's a joke, for the humor

I want this so bad, but this is shot at 6K and finished at 4K, and I know Criterion or someone is going to drop a 4K disc soon. Pass on the standard Blu.Actors have been known to change their appearance dramatically for a film role. Charlize Theron ( Monster), Christian Bale ( The Machinist), Jared Leto ( Dallas Buyers Club), and Robert De Niro ( Raging Bull) come to mind. Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, based on a play and subsequent screenplay by Samuel D. Hunter, features an amazing physical transformation of an actor into a character.

a "fat suit" to play a morbidly obese character, and evidently some have insisted a real morbidly obese performer should have been hired Liz is a compassionate woman who’s both empathetic to Charlie’s condition and angry with him for being unwilling to get the hospital care he needs. Though fatigued from her efforts to keep him alive, she remains a steady presence in his life as the bond between them becomes increasingly strained by his resistance. Without Liz’s help, Charlie would be dead already. He’s incapable of the most basic activities and can’t even lift himself off the couch, get into bed, or answer the door without heaving himself onto a walker. Later, as his health gets progressively worse, Liz brings him a wheelchair large enough to accommodate his huge bulk. For Charlie, standing is extremely difficult, walking nearly impossible, stepping into the light of day out of the question.I loved Brendan Fraser's performance in this film. He was really, REALLY effective. The rest of the actors were...well...just good enough. Hong Chau and Sadie Sink turned in good performances, as did Samantha Morton. Ty Simpkins, though, was the least convincing performer. Oh, well. accept the kind of dreary visual style Aronofsky brings to the enterprise. The longer making of supplement is also very well done. With caveats noted,

actor taken both during production and after, he did in fact "help" things along with a bit of his own "padding", which one assumes is now going to seem to suggest that Ellie is some kind of "avenging angel" (and/or demon), but I'd argue the film is actually at least relatively balanced both CGI and prosthetics to achieve the disturbing vision of a 600 pound English teacher named Charlie, as is quite evident from candid shots of the Fraser brings a tender quality to Charlie along with the character’s self-destructive inclination, indelibly illustrated when he gorges on food—his way of hastening his demise. Wearing elaborate body and facial prosthetics, Fraser makes Charlie a real person rather than a circus freak. Deeply flawed, he nonetheless is optimistic, not for his own future but for the futures of Ellie and his students. This quality prevents the character from being nothing but a huge mass of self-pity. There is a sadness in Fraser’s performance, a self-deprecation, and even a dark sense of humor, most evident in his verbal sparring with Liz. The Whale is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Films and A24 with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.33:1. According to theshake their head in wonderment at the thought of actors deliberately putting on pounds to essay a role, and while Fraser benefited from IMDb, Sony CineAlta cameras were utilized and the DI was finished at 4K. As can probably easily be made out in the screenshots I've uploaded to

Samuel D. Hunter's writing wasn't especially good -- say, as good as something David Mamet would have penned. Hunter wasn't very subtle. "Look at the fat guy! Go on and LOOK at him! Isn't he a tragic figure?! And aren't I brilliant for pointing out the tragic nature of his situation?!"Every actor here turns in an amazing performance. Chau is wonderfully blunt and sweet at the same time and is grieving in her own way. Sink continues to impress with her range of emotions from anger to empathy in her dry, mean wit conversing with her dad. She's simply amazing. But it's Fraser's performance that is on another level completely. Brendan Fraser is not seen here. It's the full character of Charlie that's on-screen at all times. Fraser's physical performance and nuanced movements of somebody in this dire situation are unbelievably tremendous and his delivery of every line is spot on with the right amount of positivity and loss. It's a marvel to watch. The Whale is one of the best films of the year and will enhance every emotion in the human body. cinematographer Matthew Libatique discuss some of the challenges in shooting in a small, cloistered space while at the same trying to keep things