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Last Night in Soho is, in some respects, director Edgar Wright’s most ambitious production to date. His current picture symbolizes what would be his first efforts at conveying an unpleasant tale without any traces of satire or parody, having initially achieved success with his comedy Spaced before crafting a trilogy of genre-bending experiences with Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End. Wright has made it apparent throughout his career that he loves cinema, and although he’s glad to poke fun at cliches, he’s also eager to put his own spin on them while embracing them with love and honesty. Last Night in Soho is a beautifully elegant love letter to gripping thrillers from the 1960s and 1970s, rather than forging a new route for the genre.
Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie), who is moving from the countryside to the city for fashion school, is both delighted and nervous about the cultural adjustment she is about to make. In the midst of these difficulties, she moves off campus and rents a room in a house with a lot of history, as her unexplainable connection to historical figures manifests itself by transporting her back to Soho in the 1960s, experiencing all of its sights and sounds through the eyes of up-and-coming singer Sandy (Anya Taylor-Joy). Despite the early exhilaration and inspiration that comes with having a foot in both worlds, Eloise discovers that neither she nor Sandy will end up on the road they had planned.
There were quick similarities to directors like Brian De Palma and Dario Argento from the initial views fans received of Last Night in Soho, and with good reason. Over the years, Wright has voiced his admiration for those auteurs, and his work on this film manages to channel them without explicitly ripping them off. With its long takes and energetic camera movements, as well as the brilliant neon and dramatic lighting, this is undoubtedly Wright’s most visually captivating picture to date, which says a lot considering his impressive resume. Much like his reputation for incorporating unique musical selections into his films, the soundtrack fully immerses audiences in the spirit of the 1960s, organically using music to connect the past with the present, without ever feeling like “needle drops” of well-known tracks to capitalize on the audience’s pre-existing connections with the music.
Much as the film’s style looks like Wright threw all of his inspirations into a blender, the story, which Wright co-wrote with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, won’t surprise cinephiles who have seen innumerable variations of tales about the past returning to haunt the living for decades. Last Night in Soho has it everything, whether it’s otherworldly flicks, real-crime tales about missing individuals, or more grounded stories about initial impressions that disguise people’s actual character. Certainly, some viewers may criticize the picture as derivative, but it might be argued that what makes this tale work is how varied and how many films it channels into this current experience, in addition to their reluctance to only channel one psychological thriller as its major inspiration.
McKenzie’s acting is key to the picture, which necessitates her feeling frenetic and dizzy throughout the entirety of its duration. The performer succeeds in eliciting empathy from the audience right away, which is why her spiral into hallucinatory lunacy is so compelling. She definitely understands the film’s tone, which means she and the screenplay aren’t hesitant to embrace the inherent camp in order to amplify those emotions, even if they are a tiny deviation from truth. Even though Taylor-Joy gets to show off her singing abilities, the supporting cast, which includes Matt Smith and Terence Stamp, are all there to support Eloise’s narrative and do so professionally, the show really belongs to McKenzie.
Prior to the film’s release, Wright said that the plot was inspired by a walk around Soho, musing on the neighborhood’s rich history. This is effectively depicted in the novel, which is less concerned with the intricacies of any one person or occurrence and more concerned with the innumerable experiences shared by humans throughout history, both in victory and disaster. Sandy wasn’t the first singer to struggle to reach the top, and Eloise wasn’t the first student to struggle to fit in with her classmates. One may argue that there are no really unique life experiences, with that sense seeming as if it were repeated by the plot itself.
Many people have gone through the events that make up Eloise or Sandy’s trip, but their paths have brought them together in their own unique manner. Last Night in Soho is far from unique, drawing heavily on a number of predecessors, yet these influences all come together in a gratifying and exhilarating manner, leaving fans hoping that Wright will return to the domain of pure horror in the future.
4 out of 5 stars
On October 29th, Last Night in Soho will be released in cinemas.
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