By Chris Evangelista/March 29, 2018 2:30 pm EST
Pass Over Trailer
The film screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered positive reviews. “More powerful than its filmed-play format might suggest,” wrote The Hollywood Reporter. “Spike Lee has found an innovative theatrical production and brought it to blistering cinematic life,” said The Film Stage. “[B]y placing his cameras on stage with his actors (and in the house for sparingly used cutaways to the audience), Spike Lee has captured in Pass Over both the electrifying intimacy of actors deep in the moment and the communal power of live theater,” said BirthMoviesDeath.
Like Waiting for Godot, Pass Over focuses on two men engaged in a lengthy conversation over the period of one aimless day. While filming a play might not seem like the most cinematic of ideas, the footage here looks engrossing and enveloping enough to draw the viewer in. It may not be as good as seeing the play live, but it might just be an excellent substitute.
