There’s a moment in Xavier Dolan’s Mommy that speaks to Clark Backo. A teenage boy, skateboarding down the street ahead of the people he loves, reaches out his arms. The screen, which had been squeezed into a tight 1:1 square ratio up until this point, expands with his movements.
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