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Society of the Snow 2023
-Really strong film start to finish. Remoteness of Andes conveyed very well. Acting was very good too - each person was played with a commitment to their character’s true nature.
-Wonder what kind of research went into this film, and how well the story was known in Uruguay before the film was made.
-Sometimes watching movies causes deep reflection on life in broad terms. I was reminded of the strength of the human will to survive, and wonder how that vitality can be integrated into everyday life. I also wonder how I would respond to a situation like the one portrayed.Translated from by -
Columbus 2017
-Architecture often portrayed like a photograph: still camera, wide angle, very conscious division of space within frame. The structure of the shots is often symmetrical - giving scenes a visual rationality that is similar to that of modernist buildings portrayed.
-Shots of Casey’s home and neighborhood approached in similar way to shots of modernist monuments.
-Viewer never gets sense of entire city. If fuller portrait of Columbus were given, how would this change perception of modernist buildings?
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Undine 2020
-liked pace of movie.
-evocative shots of Berlin, especially of train and outer urban areas near hydropower plant. Red s-bahn, lush green trees, grey skies, suburban houses that look caught between city and country.
-interweaving of urban history into plot line helped to bring out undine’s power to see beyond present. Interesting to consider relationship between models of historical city and present city. Would film have been strengthened by more connection between model and reality?
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