Sioux City Journal entertainment editor Bruce Miller says “Nickel Boys” may seem jarring at first. But once you understand this is a slice of life, not the product of some writer’s imagination, you can dig in and appreciate this stunning work of of cinematography.
Ethan Herisse, left, and Brandon Wilson, right, stars of the new historical drama The Nickel Boys, an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same talk about their approach to an unorthodox style of shooting and what lesson can be learned from the story.
BRUCE R. MILLER
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