Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
The pared down editing and limited camera movement allows the full weight of the story to prevail. Credit needs to also be given to Fengming, who is an excellent storyteller. The moments when her voice is inflected by strong emotion and memories are heartbreaking.
Really makes your blood boil. The persistant faith in the power of documentation, of bearing witness, is empowering. How the resident's of Masafer Yatta have handled their constant expulsion with such equanimity and resilience is inspiring.
Okay, so I only watched trailer but I think the subversive anti-capitalist undertones were really hitting (shout out Mark Fisher). The horse motif was a nice homage to sorry to bother you (which I also have only watched the trailer for). Overall liked it a lot, but I think Get Out still takes the cake as Peele’s Magnum Opus.
Some of the shots were well lit and pretty, Anna Karina is obviously beautiful, but mainly it was a heavy handed bore.