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Plum (2022)
the first day
A dragonfly introduces to life discovery a little bleu dinosaur. It helps him, works as guide in the exploration of the teritory and understanding of sad reality around .
The end proposes a tea spoon of hope in reasonable dose .
A splendid eulogy of childhood and remind of hope in dark times. The colors, the drawings - the eyes of little plum are just good food for memory some times - are the good points of this new nice gift offered by ESMA.
Adventure, clash against reality, sad poetry of images clear in significations for viewer - not for new born dinosaur - and the inspired end offering more than conventional happy end.
So, bravo ESMA !
Noah (2022)
a pair of sneakers
The assistant coach of a football team helps , after an accident, one of young players. From extra sessions to a pair of sneakers as gift, his noble intentions are demonstrated. But, in car with his student, sending many phone messages to him, his intentions are less kind than the boy expected.
Like other films by johan Kaos, Noah is a warning about sexual aspects of relation between adults and young people.
The message, precise and cold formuled, reminds the risks and the vulnerability of the last ones.
It is a definition of a serious problem of our time, provocative in essence and easy to be ignore for so many motives.
Well acted, fair crafted story.
Levi (2022)
on social media site
Not the most comfortable subject but one present in high measure in social media univers. A boy, seduced by a girl, becomes victim of threats, blackmail, pressure after he catch the invitation to photo parts of his body in a game proposed by girl.
His panik and the reaction of his mother.
At the end, not so surprising, the discover of identity of seductive young woman.
Obvious, a warning , the curiosity and naivety of young people being more than easy used for not noble intentions . But the film reflects, in same measure, the fair attitude of parents, protectives and vigilents , looking for offer protection and calm to their children.
Well acted, nice crafted story.
Grummy (2021)
the high realism
I suppose, the main virtue of film is its high dose of realism. The abuse of parent against his child and the imaginary universe created by last, as shield against abuser represents the often situation for not so rare childhoods.
In same measuse, the beautiful performance of little girl is precious at whole.
A film to remind dark side of a type of childhood, Grummy being just the toy- imaginary friend who part of us know so well. It is not a comfortable short film and it is far to be a dark fantasy one. It is precise, honest, pretty cold portrait of a reality easy to ignore from outside, difficult to leave it, at mature age, to, not as an experience or ball of terrible memories but as touch of hands working with a clay being yourself.
Be Uncertain (2018)
out of routine
At first sight, familiar story. Maybe, too familiar. So, except beginning, all seems pretty boring, reminding so often used loop in Sci Fi. . But two good points are significant in this case :
- the performance of Stephen Whigt , giving to his JD the fair traits of ordinary guy escaping from routine, grace a phone call , to a great adventure.
- the basement and the bodies defining the vain try to fix the life against presence of intruder.
A film about a kind guy, his wife who expect more than the good dish prepaired by him and the wildshield covered by a message - his and her reaction as useful clue.
In short, seductive, smart crafted short film.
Burns Night (2022)
nice ( maybe, little more )
Fair to say, I love it. For humor, for good intentions of the most impressive Scotland bard, for fragility of a poor guy who, before offer to his girlfriend the precious ring remains alone and he has the bad luck than , in bar working as refuge against brocken heart to meet the great Robert Burns animated by huge good intentions and a young woman from Chicago who must be, in vision of Scotish poet, his date.
Nice moments- part from them real forced- but nice result and not so bad pledge for culture of lovely Scotland.
Charming performances, pleasant story. Few good smiles and the seed of happiness.
Weightless (2024)
a lady on rocky beach
Beautiful.
Sounds not very convincing but it is the fair word to define this profound special short film about freedom, as precious hommage to it.
A lady on rocky beach . Voices from her mind , her gestures, fears, smiles seeing a seagull fly, the prudence and the simplicity of touch of stuffs near her.
And, moment by moment, the feeling about familiar atmosphere and fair image of challenges, pressures, forms of bullying discovered everyday. In short, one of films putting yourself front to you , reminding what real matters, suggesting fair way to reconciliate with painful memories and understanding the essence of happiness. In short, beautiful. In profound sense.
Whiplash (2014)
the good Mr. Fletcher
I saw it as teacher and as long term ex-student. And I was profound grateful to Damien Chazelle and J K Simmons and Miles Teller for the wise use of fair dose of truth crafting each portrait of their film, characters, rhytm of confrontation, revenge, traps, angry and sacrifices.
The idealism in pure form in clash with youth ambition without limits. And encounter and the war beginnes again. The triumph is not for one and the viewer has the impression than the expected, desired, hoped Bird of good Mr. Fletcher was birth.
The tension, the music, the tricks, so familiar for teachers to encourage, in not so ordinary manner, the student, the egocentrism of student as seed for fail of teacher and the fear of viewer about presumed conventional final.
No doubts, for many reasons, a pure, fantastic, magnificent great film.
For me, portrait of a splendid professor and amazing use of truth for a out of words film from a so young director.
Wake Up (2023)
a chance
Not very confident about my opinion . It seems a version of Dickensian A Christmas Carol and, in same measure, realistic, precise, profound honest portrait of routine affecting family relations.
It represents a dialogue with viewer , a wake up for him, giving the useful kick to define the relation with beloved ones.
The result - well acted and beautiful crafted short film about a 48 years old guy who perceives his life as OK and, after a car accident, understands his profound mistakes in not so pink manner.
In short, story of a chance begining with so often ignored I love you of morning to the hurry wife.
Padre (2013)
routine of a lady
Argentina 1983.
A not so young ldy nurses somebody, careful to the sound of pendulum. Same tray, same ignore of her own needs, the soup and the glass with water.
A yard full of dead pigeons.
A newspaper article and voices in radio broadcast and photos.
Simple clues who define the final ( after credits ).
All precise crafted, the image of empty bed and empty yard being the most powerful , good ways for footage of end.
Image of a sort of cult giving sense to life of woman , crumbs of memories about Pinochet regime or about dictatorships from random countries, the past living in the heart of present and efforts to exorcise it.
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (2023)
the new old film
Difficult to write too much.
I appreciated the final result of long fight for offer the quasi original film. I liked the new scenes , offering some fresh air to a movie representing, including for bitter critics, a legend or a sort of classic.
My curiosity was about the impressions of viewer discovering only this version. Its virtue- the idea of power without limits and its price becomes more clear , familiar frames are almost in new light but the essence is the same and the pornographic scenes are less significant than you imagine seeing the previews version.
Impressive ? No doubts !
Perfect ? Far to hope to become. Maybe provocative but it is its basic virtue . In short, for many reasons, an absolutely must see.
Cerebellum (2024)
decent
Not impressive but nice. Two outlaw gangs. Rivalry, a bad business, a hostage. And a special agent. So, olf fashion western recipe in new form, same essence . Gun fires, deads, sentimentality and courage, the familiar hero under bad guy clothes and the emotional end.
Maybe, correct and honorable effort of actors are proper virtues of this short film about values, broken operation for intervention of cops and presence of intruder in band , a knight and a quasi silly shooter on a hill.
Easy to define it as film for precise target but being not so bad, but pretty acceptable, few crumbs , not impressive ones , off course, are just pleasant. Like the suggestion of title.
2003 (2021)
beautiful
A beautiful short film for fair exploration of relation father - son, for the honest perspective about the perception of familiar world of a young man before return in army and in context of Irak war.
A beautiful film for acting and for the way of Harris Dickinson to suggest the essence of an univers, the states of a soldier befor be far by family , the reflection of relation between characters.
No doubts, precious remains the atmosphere. Exercice of sincerity, no intention to demonstrate a thesis or be a manifesto, the viewer being, in some measure, a sort of co worker because emotions, reactions, the last phone conversation being more than familiar.
So, a meritous job.
Soggy Biscuit (2022)
a game
The stomach is not comfortable when you see this short film. It can be the first warning about it . An injured platoon, a horrible, proof of manhood, game in night, the expression of comradery in anal manner and the tension when the loser must respect the wish of comrades- rule of game.
The poetic- cold end saves the ball of noise defining the viewer.
A film about war , easy to define as portrait of toxic masculinity but, in essence, a fight against terror of death. Not comfortable but realistic. And proposing more than a biscuit, on a rock, covered by semence but reflection about resistence to cruelty of reality using the ordinary bullying who seems antidote to every form of fear.
A Scottish Love Scheme (2024)
pretty different
I liked. Very much , in fact, surprising for me because, except location, not illusion about same recipe, in new forms , with the same content.
The motif of good impression is represented by credibility offered to their characters by Jordan Young and Erica Durance and the lovely charm created, in fair manner, by Juliet Cadzo and Jo Cameron Brown.
No doubts, the Scotish landscapes are a precious spice in this case but the wisdom and the fair crafted story, the smart way to give inspired traits to her Lilly by Erica Durance are just useful virtues for a different romance, in which the water of past are not symbolic or hurry sketches.
So, just a pretty beautiful film.
Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)
experience
The fusion between book , discovered in a train station, and film, remains, in my case, basic fact about Last tango in Paris.
So, after comparation of characters proposed by novel with image of actors, before see the film, the experience of film, nice, interesting, pretty seductive but less intense than the read of book, is the main fact defining the meet with this story about loneliness, sex and experiments .
Few admirable scenes and the question about posibility of better option for Paul than Marlon Brando. The face ( and body) of Maria Schneider and the mist of hot scenes like a sort of shield in sorcery terms.
In short, a film who is not uninspirated idea to see . Not exactly for artistic virtues - true each of them -, name of director or actors, but for a not so bad state , chain of confirmations, fragments of fantaisies and bitterness of every day existence in not so ordinary frames.
Napa Ever After (2023)
the crumbs of remember
Indeed, the first temptation, after the experience of many films of genre, is to be critic about Napa Ever After. Same recipe, same development of story, same final.
But it is saved by...crumbs.
More than fair romance, well acted , decent crafted, it is a film about family, legacy and its meaning, family and options, very unrealistic at the first sight, but the onlyy reasonable ones.
Sure, location, supporting performances, the inspiration of Denise Boutte to propose a character full of seductive nuances in pretty realistic light and the nice portrait of widower , father of charming girl offered by Colin Lawrence are good points of a story who remains a real useful remind about things real matter in life.
So, little more than a nice film.
Baobhan Sith (2023)
the mother
A young man and his presumed father or brother in kitchen. The death of mother and two attitudes about her- frustrations of young man, the excuses and motivation and refuge in correct behavior about the other of elder one.
The portrait of mother and a piece of something with presumed value of exorcism.
A not easy film for theme and for honesty of exploration of it , without reserves, reminding painful relation and long term of departure.
The young Matthew being an art student, all is more than complicated in this embroidery of gestures, intentions and angry.
Maybe useful as reflection of traumas. But, more important, honest at whole.
Biopunk (2017)
a boy
Touching is the first term to define it. Because it is true. More than postapocalyptic world , more than dark - cold perspective about near future but powerful story about prophets in crisis time, about survive and about kindness . And, sure, about connection between a mother or elder sister and a little boy.
It could be Dickensian London or a trade place from East Europe of 1990. But the message is the same and the final is absolutely impressive.
A film about survive and about lost . Well crafted as useful support of reflection.
In short, just nice surprise and fair portrait of ideologies and illusions.
Eat Your Heart Out (2023)
hearts
So difficult to define it ! Poetic, touching, ironic, a realistic, in child manner, illustration of to give the heart to somebody , interesting travel to find the fragments of her heart and nice box for his heart, his scandalous and crazy and so...manhood gesture about the piece of heart offered by her, and few cultural references- not last to novel of Carole Martinez Le coeur cousu- I do not ignore the religious of Saint Faustina Kowalska.
The story - a young lady , behind her wedding, is interested to recuperate her heart from exboyfriend. The things are not exactly very easy but the end is charming at whole .
Good Daughter (2023)
Rebecca
After final credits, it seems matter only the last scenes as key of visits to nursing homes and pawn shop, as answer to first scenes of lovely daughter and the not happy scenes from appartment with morning routine.
The great good point - performance of Samantha Sloyan, translating in fair terms the tension , the game between dementia affected venerable men , in last case being , at first, some doubts about her honesty.
The morning routine- so familiar for part of us , like the profound beauty of final are precious virtues of this film about a small time con artist and her dedication for , at first sight, impossible mission.
Beautiful (2024)
what we are ?
Theme of the essay of a young man .
Presumed answers, sustained and erased by memories and dialogue with familiars. Learners - that we are ? Smart ? Lovers ? Nothing ?
The answer is more simple when you go outside, see a young woman and a dog . Then, you just know.
A simple story, inspired crafted, seductive for status of sketch, nice tension and nice acting and one of most smart conclusion.
In short, a parable, useful time by time as remind of what real matters when all seems dark, fragile, incoherent, less heroic or optimistic.
The result- useful story, especially for the black band keepers on their eyes.
Superman (2022)
fathers and sons
Not the most comfortable theme but, in this case, wise explored.
Dying, a venerable man visits, in night, his son. He is not exacly a ghost. Only a surprising visitor because, after the death of his wife, he dessapears , with noble purpose, without announce his son . His presence in this night seems, in same measure, an enigma for him, like for his boy.
But their dialogue offers not only explanations or return across old memories but gentle - precise definition of connection between sons and fathers , from night of Superman series together to a kind of joke , pretty sadistic, of a dentist.
A beautiful, in profound sense, short film, grace to admirable story and inspired performances.
Church Camp (2022)
a prayer card
A young man, Christian camp counselor, puts in panel, after prayer evening, his card, containing a confession who can create different about him.
The message is read by Lesbian girl , who do not hide her sexual orientation, who tease him . The other girl covers her hands with vaseline and gloves.
The example of them is good lesson for counselor for go from his egocentric circle and appreciate the difference defining each of us. And, what seems reaction to the failure to find the card , becomes , grace the help of Lesbian girl , a good opportunity to demonstrate his courage.
The result - a true Christian short film, great scene by scene, interesting for wise crafted story , not far by parable genre. Beautiful performances, in same measure.
The Gulf Stream (2024)
the last gift
A zoung man. His father affected by dementia. The pressure to save his familz modest business of bait shop . The obstacles.
Memories, return to old game played with father, feeling of loneliness and disput with men from domain. And the precious last gift of father before the rest.
A sensitive theme just well explored. Good performances, fair crafted tension and interesting manner to define the economic pressure on simple lives, creating honest portrait of survive in honest terms.
The result / admirable work , helpful message and the well constructed atmosphere. A film about what real matters, about terrible problems and huge difficulties and a last conversation being the kick to asume the not so promissing future.