SIFF day five
Apr. 12th, 2021 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaidenI've gone back to prioritizing films on my list that have limited passholder screenings available.
Strawberry Mansion
i started doubting this one after about five minutes, so i tried an experiment: i set a 20 min timer. still wasn't into it when the alarm went off, quit watching. there was some cool stuff going on - near future, dreams are being recorded and taxed for their content. of course that means a high percentage of the film is "dreams" and i am not the target audience for that.
it was packaged with a short that i liked quite a bit, The Other Morgan.
Writing with Fire
solid doc about a group of Dalit women in India who run a newspaper, and their move into digital content. the film covers two national election cycles and the effect that the Modi government has on life in their state. fun to see them go from being unsure about how to use a smartphone to running a youtube channel with hundreds of millions of views.
Son of Monarchs
this was packaged with a 27 min short that did not appeal and within a few minutes i could tell that i should fast-forward to the feature. one distinct advantage over the theater.
immigrant story: he doesn't fit in back in Mexico because he left, and he feels a bit alienated and homesick when he's in NY. his hometown is a monarch butterfly migration destination, and he's a scientist doing research on the color of butterfly wings. lots of great imagery of monarch colonies in the wild and of insect research getting done in the lab. it's a good film (has already won awards) but is more about feelings than plot.
Strawberry Mansion
i started doubting this one after about five minutes, so i tried an experiment: i set a 20 min timer. still wasn't into it when the alarm went off, quit watching. there was some cool stuff going on - near future, dreams are being recorded and taxed for their content. of course that means a high percentage of the film is "dreams" and i am not the target audience for that.
it was packaged with a short that i liked quite a bit, The Other Morgan.
Writing with Fire
solid doc about a group of Dalit women in India who run a newspaper, and their move into digital content. the film covers two national election cycles and the effect that the Modi government has on life in their state. fun to see them go from being unsure about how to use a smartphone to running a youtube channel with hundreds of millions of views.
Son of Monarchs
this was packaged with a 27 min short that did not appeal and within a few minutes i could tell that i should fast-forward to the feature. one distinct advantage over the theater.
immigrant story: he doesn't fit in back in Mexico because he left, and he feels a bit alienated and homesick when he's in NY. his hometown is a monarch butterfly migration destination, and he's a scientist doing research on the color of butterfly wings. lots of great imagery of monarch colonies in the wild and of insect research getting done in the lab. it's a good film (has already won awards) but is more about feelings than plot.
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Date: 2021-04-13 03:06 pm (UTC)