Angus Clark

Jul 20, 2024 | farragomagazine.com | Angus Clark

“Come with me, and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.” Wonka (Timothee Chalamet) is a young, naive but genius chocolatier who kicks us off by arriving at the Gallery Gourmet to make his fortune, “Although the prices are suspiciously severe.” He starts the day with twelve sovereigns, and ends it with none. Inflation, anyone? He becomes contractually enslaved in a room-and-board and doggedly pursues his milky dreams despite it.