A must-see one-time watch

Rating: 8/10 (1 November 2015)

A UN photographer speeding by in a white van perfectly encapsulates Fukunaga's cinematography. Each frame is rendered with the copper haze of a 70s photograph, emitting a stimulating connection between our distanced Western perspective and the film's brutal realism. Shot on location in Ghana, though never referenced by name, the majority of the runtime organically gawks at the lush greenery based in earthy browns – blending the rebels into the dense wilderness like animals. Subsequently more jarring when the Commandant leads the troop to a meeting with the General, a position he's been promised, the furnished interiors, a man in a business suit, and a breakfast spread are as equally alien to us as they are to the boys whose crude attire gives way to the mauling of the prepared meal. And in these visually audible frames, we are reminded of the bigger picture. The purging of the country's specks of civilization makes us forget that entire cites, other countries exist, making it clear to see just how fruitless, how alienated these boys have become doing, at first, all they could to survive.
FULL REVIEW HERE: indieadam.com/2015/10/21/beasts-of-no-nation-review-indie-adam/