For thousands of times, people of art and literature have been repeating to the world that love is all-conquering. There are many skeptics, as well as those who believe in the miraculous power of this feeling. Another confirmation of this is given in the new picture of Jonathan Levin.
The film “The Warmth of Our Bodies” is another piece about the post-apocalyptic existence of warring camps: hunters for a little human, that is, zombies, and desperately resisting and striving to extend their days on this planet of their prey. You will say: “Yes, as much as you can, again about zombies!” Do not rush to hasty conclusions. This is not the product that you have long been accustomed to, and which managed to fill up a pretty sore point. In the film “The Warmth of Our Bodies” (reviews of film critics about the film, by the way, are very flattering) more is shown on the other side, that is the walking dead. It turns out that they can be like this: suffering, sympathetic, able to remember (even if sometimes it is someone else's memories belonging to the one whose brains you just had breakfast). Yes, they feed on people, but that is not their fault (people are far from all vegetarians too), this is just a way to survive!
No sadder story?
An interesting position is the director, who was not afraid to draw a certain parallel with real life. It’s a sin to hide, many representatives of the human race and without any Apocalypse eke out a very miserable (in the spiritual, first of all, plan) existence, having closed the area of their interests with several things: eat tasty, have fun easier and safer, and that there would be enough money for these uncommon benefits . Such individuals have no idea about the development, high feelings and self-improvement. How does such a person differ so much from a zombie pulling a semi-vegetative lifestyle? The film “The Heat of Our Bodies” directly hints at this. The reviews of some viewers are full of reproaches: they say, how can you show completely unnatural relationships that smell like necrophilia (the tape shows the love story of zombie R and the girl he saved)? But this, too, is perhaps just another allegory of the crafty Levin. It’s not quite right to compare the Twilight Saga with the picture “The Heat of Our Bodies” (feedback from those who think that way is also not uncommon). The similarity is limited only by the fact that in one and the other works of movies a couple of lovers consists of a dead (in fact heartbeat) guy and a living girl. Well, the creators themselves directly hint (in some scenes, plot plots and the names of the main characters) to the primary source: Shakespeare's story, which "is not sadder in the world."
Good team
The undoubted success of the film is the British Nicholas Holt in the role of R. He is not as scary and disgusting as many of his brothers from the zombie productions once seen by the general public, and he is what he needs. His unexpectedly met fate is played by Teresa Palmer, and the main enemy and opponent is venerable John Malkovich, who also adorned with the presence of “The heat of our bodies”. Reviews of his work on the picture are the most positive, well, he is also a recognized master of the screen! Of the famous artists, Dave Franco is participating in the film , recently rapidly progressing as a good performer. Dave is now more often remembered precisely by his filmography, and not by the fact that he is the brother of “that same James Franco”. A good acting team was picked up by Levin.
Yes, love works wonders, as does the warmth of our bodies. The responses to this postulate may be different, but the essence is the same: perhaps there is no more powerful feeling in nature.