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Gus Van Sant’s ‘La Corde au Cou’ Earns Praise as a Tense True-Crime Return

A French review frames the film as a sharp critique of media spectacle in a debt-burdened America.

Overview

  • Le Nouvel Obs praises Gus Van Sant’s new thriller as a confident return to form.
  • The film stars Bill Skarsgård with Dacre Montgomery in a drama drawn from the 1977 Tony Kiritsis case.
  • The story shows a kidnapper who rigs a shotgun to his hostage and forces the standoff onto live TV.
  • The review says the film skewers a culture bent by debt and by a hunger for spectacle.
  • Van Sant blends dry humor with tragedy in a tight period piece, with Skarsgård singled out for a standout turn.