An Intriguing Dive into the Past with The Apprentice
The Apprentice reveals the complex business and personal connection between a young Donald Trump and the infamous attorney Roy M. Cohn amid the 1970’s New York City real estate market. A young man eager and willing to make his mark independent of his father’s empire gets to learn the hard way about what it takes to reach the summit and by no other other than Cohn, a character where notorious is an understatement due to his ruthless legal persuasion and unscrupulous political affiliations.
Watch this movie portray such themes as ambition, power play and the price of getting to the top. It juxtaposes innocence with realism, specific with resourcefulness presenting the audience with the ugly reality of how far people are willing to go in order to ascend. The theme is raw, earnest, and self-reflection with emphasis on the vices of achieving one’s dreams.
Sebastian Stan delivers an Oscar-worthy performance imitating the transformation of a young visionary businessman Donald Trump into a ruthless and ruthless property tycoon. Jeremy Strong is also brillant casting choice for Roy Cohn as he also represents a man of power and trickery. Maria Bakalova and supporting characters create interesting and complex nature of the movie which shows the multi-layered story behind the comedy. Martínez de la Escosura Vélez does an outstanding job of not letting the many facets of the period overshadow the developing interpersonal drama; Abbasi keeps the audience interested and wrapped up in a deep, philosophical movie.
The music accompanies narrative with intensity of feelings, as well as emphasizing dramatic and thrilling parts of the film. A lot of times, it is deliberately placed within the story to promote the mood of the era and the interiority of the characters. Light and shadow build the film’s dramatic conflict – self and political – to the characters.
NYC in the 70s in film is well represented through production design and recreating architectural and cultural facets of this city in transition. The sets, costumes, and props all are well executed, which makes the film grounded in reality for the time in which it is set.
There is not much CGI in the film, but all aspects of production are very well done, providing the audience with the experience of the given period. This approach builds up the visuals without adding ostentatious excesses to the film; detracting the realism of the story.
The flow from one scene to another and the continuity is perfect to the Theme of the movie and the drama that encompasses the whole story. While The Apprentice has the luxury of time to effectively tell its abstract story, the dramatic emphasis is still placed well in order to keep the viewer’s attention. Conflicts of interest and personal agendas are found at every turn, as part of the dramatic texture that makes the movie heavier than a simple historical drama.
While the film is heavily based on real events and supported by great performances, there are moments of a truly great melodramatic performance that might interfere with audience’s view of the history. It can be quite heavy at times, though the show provides appreciation and information as well as the possibility of boring uninterested layman unfamiliar with the epoch or characters. The film gives an explorative, if somewhat disturbing, look into an important period in the life of a future figure like Donald Trump. Still, it is an interesting and a work that makes one think film at that.
