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Cielo

2017

Documentary

Documentary An experiential investigation of Chile's Atacama Desert, the people who live there, and the astronomers who work there.

	Author	Review
United States	Nick Schager Variety	"'Cielo' should entrance all those who enter its unique atmosphere (...) This majestic movie (...) looks up in order to look within."	POS
United States	Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter	"There are numerous images of transcendent beauty in 'Cielo' (...) A visual symphony of the moon, stars, sun and clouds"	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"The decision not to identify subjects formally until the closing credits, give the film an unnecessary fuzziness. Still, the interviews yield scattered moments of poignancy"	NEU
United States	Matt Donnelly The Wrap	"[McAlpine's] images may be a Rorschach test, but they are indelible"	POS
Canada	Brad Wheeler The Globe and Mail	"A serene, existential experience (...) McAlpine’s work is subtle and sublime (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Tony Hinds The Film Stage	"The film never comes together to form anything cohesive in the end (...) [It] lacks thematic depth and narrative substance"	NEG
United States	Clayton Dillard Slant	"McAlpine visits enough locations to keep 'Cielo' engaging at its 78-minute runtime, but the film fails to demonstrate sufficient variety in other ways (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke The Guardian	"[A] love letter to the desert’s starry skies (...) This is a mellow, meandering film and, personally, I would have found a couple of explainers and captions to introduce the stargazers useful (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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