Three Thousand Years Of Longing

Three Thousand Years Of Longing is George Miller’s first film since the masterpiece of Mad Max: Fury Road and was sure to be visually interesting and a definite change of pace. It relies on the fact that many in the audience would happily listen to Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton tell stories all night, which are only occasionally if extravagantly dramatised. I expect people reading this blog might like it for that. It addresses the Orientalism of Djinn stories in passing by telling off a couple of old racists who are only in one other scene, and better by noting that human stories are all connected by humanity. but is that enough? And there’s a fair old bit of nudity alongside the stories of brilliant women trapped by expectations. So I was glad I saw it on a big screen but not entirely sold on it.