It is always the films you do not choose to see that end up surprising you the most. It’s a tired line with me and the NZ International Film Festival, but evergreen.
This film is a great test case.
Usually I leave movies as soon as they are done.
However, because I was an usher for this screening, I had the opportunity to get the audience’s reaction to the film.
And with History of Concrete I was very curious.
The reactions ran the gamut - from amusement to complete frustration.
I loved it.
What starts out as an attempt at home renovation gone wrong turns into a quest - not just to learn about concrete, but the world we have built from it.
Every time Wilson meets a new person with a seemingly unrelated story or goal of their own, the film re-orients itself around this person.
The film goes in so many directions, I forgot that the initial ‘sequence’ is based around our heroes’ attendance at a creative writing workshop for Hallmark movies.
Thus, as we learn more about the titular substance, we also take in how it has affected Wilson’s city (the film could double as a document of the US’s decking infrastructure), and the story of the various denizens within it.
Recommended.
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