Let’s face it: last week was a warm-up.

MovieNight returned definitively this week with this complex romantic thriller from director Paolo Sorrentino. Many guests were left scratching their heads and wondering what had just happened, but we predict a slowly developing subconscious appreciation. Or not, perhaps… I remember being left with the feeling that I’d missed the point after first watching this highly-acclaimed movie some three years ago. Still, something drew me back to it for a second viewing last week. It was then that almost everything fell into place.  Perhaps the Time Out review that we used for the MovieNight invitation should have been made mandatory pre-movie reading, since it laid a good foundation for understanding. Seeing it for a third time last night only enhanced my opinion that this movie is a beautifully structured work. Narration, flashback and deftly-inserted little clues work in combination to tell us the story of Titta di Girolamo. Maybe we should show it again next week?

Don’t worry… that’s not going to happen (the next one just can’t wait)!

For the moment, the DVD of Consequences remains unreleased in the US. If you are interested in seeing it again, you can get it from Amazon.co.uk (you’ll need a region-free PAL-capable DVD player), or download it, or sweet-talk us into lending you our copy. Then again… maybe one shouldn’t have to watch a movie more than once?