Fantasia Film Review: ‘1BR’

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The common nostalgia for an idealized simpler time in which tight-knit communities satisfied all personal needs can be warped to serve fascist ideologies, a notion that is not at all lost on “1BR.”…

) has moved to Los Angeles for no apparent reason beyond getting physical distance from an overprotective father, whom she seems to blame for her mother’s recent cancer death. As she ignores his calls , she tries to prove she can handle independence. First she gets a temp job at a law firm where brassy coworker Lisa demonstrates how not to get pushed around by the bosses. She then becomes one of many applicants hoping to snag a vacancy in an “affordable luxury apartment” building.

It seems a perfect fit for someone hoping to overcome her self-confidence issues, complete with a potential boyfriend in the form of handsome, solicitous Brian . Never mind that Sara has already fibbed a bit to get here: There’s a strict no-pets policy, and she’s snuck in her cat Giles. As long as he stays out of sight, who’s going to know?

To detail more would spoil things, but suffice it to say that Sara’s “conditioning” has now entered the crucial phase, and not just continued acceptance but her life itself are at stake. Should she survive the immediate hurdles, she’ll learn that the power of community here encompasses some very peculiar notions about education, marriage, euthanasia and more. It also comes with harsh attitudes toward privacy and perceived selfishness — both of which are forbidden.

Of course, that’s a logic many tyrants and charlatans have used to achieve power, deploying fear and flattery to keep a majority complacent while directing everyone’s hostilities at real or imagined dissenters. There’s a lot to chew on in the basic ideas here, but they aren’t developed with much finesse.

 

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