Medusa Deluxe Filmmaker Thomas Hardiman on Breaking All the Rules in One Take
“Every edit is a lie,” said Frenchfilmmaking icon Jean-Luc Godard. If that’s the case, then A24’s new release,Medusa Deluxe, tells the truth in the most cinematic of ways. Staged as a “oner,” or a film shot in one continuous take, thedebut feature filmfromThomas Hardimanis a truly distinct one. It’s a murder mystery without any detective, a character study with a dozen characters, flowing through rooms surrounding the scene of the crime and studying the suspicious and eccentric characters involved....