Possibility of an Island

Possibility of an Island is a prime example of the fact that not all books can be brought to the screen. Michel Houellebecq's book had its own charm, something that was completely lost in adaptation, and what makes it all the more puzzling is that the author of the novel himself sat in the director's chair, so he supervised the production, and yet the result is a poor and truncated version of the book. The film is a sequence of scenes that are basically unrelated to each other, and I think that if you haven’t read the novel, you have no chance to understand the meaning of the film. I give it one star for the production design and locations, otherwise it's one big, inconsistent mess. (02/29/2020)