Shults uses technical elements not just for style, but as a narrative tool to reflect the characters' mental states.
The story initially centers on Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), a high school wrestling star under intense pressure from his domineering but well-intentioned father, Ronald (Sterling K. Brown). The cinematography is frenetic and vibrant, capturing Tyler’s internal pressure as it boils over into a series of catastrophic choices. waves 2019
The film is famously structured as a "dyptich," divided into two distinct but interconnected movements that mirror the ebb and flow of the ocean. Shults uses technical elements not just for style,