There were scattered moments in Denis Villenueve’s Prisoners that hinted at the atmosphere
and experimentation he employs in Enemy.
The lingering shots of trees, emptiness, or recreational vehicles were
indications of a different kind of filmmaking. But where Prisoners was a fairly conventional story presented with touches of
auteur sensibility, Enemy is moving
toward full-blown independence. If Prisoners
was dark and atmospheric, Enemy is
downright funereal.
