‘Prime Time’ Review: A Tense Polish Thriller That Holds the Viewer Hostage [Sundance 2021]
Posted on Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 by Hoai-Tran Bui
Ever since Peter Finch stormed in front of the TV studio cameras to declare that he’s mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, people — fictional or otherwise — have held a kind of twisted fascination with the parasitic relationship between broadcast television and its viewers. The ghoulish appeal of capturing the attention of an easily distracted public on a live broadcast with some shocking message has sadly permeated reality in harrowing ways. But what if said messenger never got in front of the camera?
