Exhibition (2013)

• Year: 2013
• Released: 25 Apr 2014
• Country: United Kingdom
• Adwords: 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2436452/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/exhibition
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 104 min
• Writer: Joanna Hogg
• Director: Joanna Hogg
• Cast: Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston
• Keywords: home, artist, house, examination, relationship, couple,

	5.8/10
	72/100

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House on the Hill

I’m not sure why the first reviewer felt the need to attack Hogg personally and trash her aesthetic. Her removed, mesmeric method of filming people in relationships isn’t for everyone, but she will appeal to viewers interested in unconventional approaches and who appreciate not having characters’ emotions spelled out at every step.

As with her earlier film Archipelago, the characters reveal themselves solely through their actions and speech in a context of mundane everyday life, but Exhibition ventures into fantasy/dream-state in a way that helps expose the inner reality of D, the wife who seems almost trapped in a house that is as much a character as its human inhabitants.

Something happened at one point that we are not privy to, but it has deeply affected D. One could say that she and the house are haunted, and it acts as a defining structure for her relationship with her husband H. Its spaces are strictly defined as to who lives where, as both artists work next to, but separate from, each other.

We are given glimpses of each through short interactions, attempts at lovemaking, and H’s sense of control contrasted with D’s retreat. She seems passive and self-protective, and their decision about the house will change everything.

The movie may be considered “boring” by people addicted to action, or who can’t stand having negative space where an explanation “should” be. The film isn’t slowly paced, but as with her other films, the spaces between are as important as what the characters say. Get acquainted with Hogg’s work and be surprised at how affecting it is.

Scenes from a marriage

Joanna Hogg makes sparse, almost stilted films about uncommunicative, and to my mind, unappealing middle class people. ‘Exhibition’ is not quite as painful to watch as her earlier film ‘Archipelago’, but it does feel a little pointless: an architect loves his artistic wife, even though they don’t really talk to each other. Her explicit refusal to discuss her work is made exasperating for the viewer because the film doesn’t show us it either, at least not in any terms that one could imagine as saleable product: the vision of the artist here is of someone spending time alone, periodically donning weird outfits and standing or sitting in strange positions. Instead of the art-theme predominating, we’re just left with the irritating ticks of the overly-fortunate. It feels like an improvisation that was never turned into a finished script.

Take your time and enjoy

‘Exhibition’ provides a credible insight in the marriage of a couple in their fifties. Which may not be too interesting for younger people, but there’s no denying that we have a cleverly made & tasteful film on our hands.

A feature that may be contrary to present times: ‘Exhibition’s rather low pace. Producer Joanna Hogg takes her time to explain the workings of this marriage. Including some small individual secrets of the wife, performed well by Viv Albertine (in her younger days a famous Punk-guitarist).

Being a child of the 1960-s, I cannot escape to compare ‘Exhibition’ with Michelangelo Antonioni’s famous ‘Blow-up’. Which goes in particular for the relaxed build-up of a rather meager story, supported by many moody images. As well as by incorporating some architectural beauty.

However, you should do an injustice to ‘Exhibition’ to regard her as a copy of whatever other film. Joanna Hogg’s newest surely has enough quality to stand on its own.