tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-214635452024-03-09T18:12:59.527-08:00Surrender to the VoidStrange Thoughts on Films. Turn Off Your Mind, Relax & Float Downstream.thevoid99http://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.comBlogger354513tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-29208090859622381212024-03-09T18:12:00.000-08:002024-03-09T18:12:05.516-08:0020 Days in Mariupol<p> </p>
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Written, directed, and co-shot by Mstyslav Chernov, <i>20 Days in Mariupol</i> is a film in which Chernov and his colleagues spend 20 days under siege in Mariupol following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022. The film showcases journalists covering a worldwide event as well as showcase the horrors of war as a country tries to defend itself against its invaders. The result is a terrifying and harrowing film from Mstyslav Chernov.
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On February 24, 2022, Russia under the claims they’re to be attacked by the neighboring country of Ukraine would send troops, tanks, and forces to the country where the port city of Mariupol that is near the Russian border. For 20 days under siege in the city, Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov along with colleagues including still photographer Evgeniy Maloletka would cover the events of Mariupol for the Associated Press as they would stay in the city evading snipers, ground troops, and such during the course of these 20 days. The film is about Chernov’s coverage of Mariupol being under siege as well as him and his colleagues surviving 20 days as they cover the events and release them to the press against many odds.
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Through the usage of phones and video cameras, Chernov and his colleagues capture the sense of silence that is happening before the war as Mariupol looks like any normal city with houses and buildings but it would be gone within months after the Russians have taken it with supposedly more than 25,000 civilians killed including women and children. Yet, Chernov and his crew would showcase the many atrocities that the Russians committed under the supervision of its president in Vladimir Putin and his propaganda team as they claim that the footage Chernov had released to the public is fake news.
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Still, Chernov reveals the emotional and mental toll of the people including the police, firemen, and medical staff who do their best to help and save lives with its police chief doing what he can to help Chernov and his crew while also making a speech about what is happening in Mariupol. Chernov and Maloletka keep things realistic in terms of its visuals as they would also shoot from afar as the most dangerous day in Day 16 where they’re on the 7th floor of one of the remaining hospitals as a Russian tank arrives just close by. There is this sense of danger while there’s another tense moment where a sniper has shot a nurse (who lived) as others are trapped prompting Ukrainian soldiers to try and take out the sniper as one of the lead soldiers is trying to make sure that the civilians are safe.
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With the aid editor Michelle Mizner in cultivating many of the footage that wasn’t presented to the news as well as footage from Chernov’s other films as he laments being away from his family who are also Ukrainian though they were able to flee the country. The sound work of Jim Sullivan is superb in capturing not just the many sounds that were recorded but also in the audio of the people who are troubled by what is happening around them. The film’s music by Jordan Dykstra is wonderful for its somber electronic score as it plays into not just the horror but also in the tragedy of war with some of the starkest imagery emerging including a mass grave made for all of those who died including children.
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<i>20 Days in Mariupol</i> is a tremendous film from Mstyslav Chernov. It is a documentary film that doesn’t shy away from the atrocities of war as well as capturing the terror that civilians are dealing with as their home is being besieged by a tyrannical forces with false claims of being threatened. It is also a film that showcases what journalists had to do to cover the war as well as showcase the truth no matter how horrifying it is. In the end <i>20 Days in Mariupol</i> is a sensational film from Mstyslav Chernov.
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© thevoid99 2024
</span>thevoid99http://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-17547884010667534402024-03-06T07:31:00.000-08:002024-03-06T07:31:39.886-08:00Medicine for Melancholy<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
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Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, <i>Medicine for Melancholy</i> is the story of two people who wake up from a one-night stand as they walk around San Francisco trying to remember what happened the night before. The film is a romantic drama that is told in the span of an entire day as two people try to figure out who they are as well as being one of the many few African-Americans living in San Francisco. Starring Wyatt Cenac and Tracey Heggins. <i>Medicine for Melancholy</i> is a rapturous and compelling film from Barry Jenkins.
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The film revolves a day in the life of two people who met at a party and had a one-night stand as they would spend the entire day walking around San Francisco where they fall in love but also talk about who they are including being among the few African-Americans living in a city that is largely white. It is a film that explores these two people who met at this party as they don’t know each other until circumstances occur where they meet again as they would spend the rest of the day together to see the city riding on bicycles as well as talk about all sorts of things with race being a big issue. Barry Jenkins’ screenplay is largely straightforward in its narrative as it doesn’t have much of a plot yet it does play into these two people in Micah (Wyatt Cenac) and Joanne (Tracey Heggins) as they deal with the aftermath of this one-night stand and how to spend the rest of the day as they get to know each other. At the same time, they deal with being black in a city that is predominantly white where people from poor areas are being pushed out in favor of the upper class as Joanne is in a relationship with a white man who is currently out of town.
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Jenkins’ direction is mesmerizing for the fact that it is shot on location in San Francisco with a small budget of $11,000 as every scene is shot on location with a film that is shot in desaturated style with little resemblances of color except for one small sequence. Much of Jenkins’ direction is intimate as there are a few wide shots in the film yet Jenkins emphasizes largely on close-ups and medium shots to get a scope of the tiny apartment that Micah lives in as well as the more spacious apartment that Joanne lives in. The direction also play into this sense of the African-American identity where they visit the Museum of the African Diaspora as it’s a place that Joanne never knew about while Micah has a poster on his wall that features a document about the city’s development with the word “lies” covered over it. It plays into Micah’s own issues with a city he has a love-hate relationship for as well as wonder why 7% of its population is filled by black people.
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Jenkins also plays into this lack of black identity in San Francisco in a brief scene in which a bunch of white activists talk about gentrification as well as the effect it has on various areas in the city such as Castro Street and East Bay as the latter has people being pushed out for more upper class residents. It is a brief moment that shows it’s not just African-Americans who are affected by gentrification but also the poor as it plays into Micah’s own sense of alienation. Even though he and Joanne would go to a party where it is largely filled with the white indie/hipster crowd, Jenkins reveals that there is still this disparity into the city’s small African-American population as it plays into Micah’s desperation to be with Joanne though she has a different view of the way she sees race but understands Micah’s own problems. Overall, Jenkins crafts an evocative and somber film about two African-Americans who deal with their identity and their surroundings following a one-night stand.
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Cinematographer James Laxton does brilliant work with the film’s desaturated cinematography with its emphasis on little colors as well as aim for something gritty to play into this sense of mood and lack of diversity in San Francisco as it would become more desaturated at times as it is a highlight of the film. Editor/sound designer Nat Sanders, along with sound mixer Nikolas Zasimczuk, does amazing work with the editing with its usage of jump-cuts as well as other stylish cuts to play into the drama while his approach to the sound plays on natural locations and how music sounds in a room and such. Music supervisor Greg O’Bryant cultivates an incredible music soundtrack that largely features indie music of that time including lots of unknowns in acts such as Tomlab, Ivana XL, Yesterday’s New Quintet, Total Shutdown, Tandemoro, Gypsophile, the Changes, Au Revoir Simone, White Denim, Canoe, Oh No Oh My, Bloodcat Love, the Octopus Project, the Answering Machine, and Casiotone for the Painfully Alone with the Donkeys plus more well-known music from Igor Romanov and Tom Waits.
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The film’s ensemble cast largely consists of real people and non-actors as the main highlight of the film are its two leads in Wyatt Cenac and Tracey Heggins in phenomenal performances in their respective roles as Micah and Joanne. Cenac’s performance is the more outgoing as someone who has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to racial identity as well as being someone who feels alienated by his surroundings. Heggins’ performance is more reserved as someone who doesn’t see race yet begins to realize the lack of African-Americans in San Francisco yet tries to find a more hopeful outlook on things. Cenac and Heggins together are a joy to watch in seeing these two people who had only met the night before at a party as they deal with their one-night stand as well as being among the few blacks in a city that is predominately white.
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<i>Medicine for Melancholy</i> is a sensational film from Barry Jenkins that features great leading performances from Wyatt Cenac and Tracey Heggins. Along with its commentary on racial identity, the film’s offbeat yet entrancing visuals, and a killer music soundtrack. It is a film that explores two people who meet in the aftermath of a one-night stand as they deal with who they are in a world where there are part of a small minority as they cope with their identities and views of the world. In the end, <i>Medicine for Melancholy</i> is a phenomenal film from Barry Jenkins.
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Barry Jenkins Films: <a href="http://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2018/12/moonlight-2016-film.html">Moonlight (2016 film)</a> - <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2019/01/if-beale-street-could-talk.html">If Beale Street Could Talk</a> - (The Underground Railroad (2021 Limited TV Series) – (Mufasa: The Lion King)
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© thevoid99 2024
</span>thevoid99http://www.blogger.com/profile/03055459287396592446noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21463545.post-7923546998212828142024-02-29T14:29:00.000-08:002024-02-29T14:29:53.168-08:00Films That I Saw: February 2024<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>
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Winter is coming to an end as my most-hated season is to arrive in Spring as I usually don’t look forward to it as I’m kind of sad winter is ending. Yet, this winter wasn’t that great as I largely stayed home for much of that time and didn’t go to the movie theaters because I’ve been sick with various cold and flu-like illness though it hasn’t been COVID. Still, it could be worse as there’s been a lot of shit happening with the recent death of Alexei Navalny as he had been an opposition leader in Russia as there is definitely some foul play into his death. It is among the many things happening around the world as even things in the U.S. are just as crazy given that it’s an election year with news coverage going into a bunch of bullshit including a bunch of ugly-ass golden sneakers that I wouldn’t pay a penny for because it looks cheap.
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In the month of February 2024, I saw a total of 26 films in 16 first-timers and 10 re-watches with 4 of those first-timers being film directed/co-directed by women as part of the 52 Films by Women <a href="https://www.zekefilm.org/52-films-by-women/">pledge</a>. A solid months all things considered as well as being ill right now. The highlight of the month is my Blind Spot pick in <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2024/02/2024-blind-spot-series-splendor-in-grass.html"><i>Splendor in the Grass</i></a>. Here are the top 10 first-timers for February 2024:
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1. <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2024/02/killers-of-flower-moon.html"><i>Killers of the Flower Moon</i></a>
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2. <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-holdovers.html"><i>The Holdovers</i></a>
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3. <i>The Barber of Little Rock</i>
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4. <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2024/02/sandra-1965-film.html"><i>Sandra</i></a>
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5. <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2024/02/past-lives.html"><i>Past Lives</i></a>
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6. <i>Whiplash</i>
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7. <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-innocent-1976-film.html"><i>The Innocent</i></a>
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8. <i>Nai Nai & Wai Po</i>
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9. <i>Knight of Fortune</i>
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10. <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2024/02/next-goal-wins-2023-film.html"><i>Next Goal Wins</i></a>
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Monthly Mini-Reviews/What Else I’m Watching
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<i>The Barber of Little Rock</i>
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Of the nominees for Best Documentary Short film, this is the film that should win as it isn’t just this engaging story of a man making a difference for his community. It is all about a community trying to have the power to run their own businesses in a city like Little Rock. Directed by John Hoffman and Christine Turner, the film focuses on Arlo Washington as a man who runs a barber shop with a barbershop college and a bank. A bank that helps African-American families get loans as well as whatever they need as it does show a massive economic racial divide in the city. There’s also some white people who live near the poverty line as they go to Washington for help as it shows a disparity in which 30,000 people in Little Rock could barely get by while there’s 8,000 people who live in middle/upper-class areas that could get anything. It’s a film that should be seen as well as show the power of what a man could do as a way to make a difference.
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<i>Whiplash</i>
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The short film that would later become the feature film that served as a breakthrough for Damien Chazelle is something fans of Chazelle should watch. Notably as both the film and short star J.K. Simmons in the role of Terence Fletcher as it remains this chilling performance that is really a sampler of what he would do in the feature version. In the role of the new student is Johnny Simmons as he manages to be incredible as a young student that is being pushed to the edge as it is just a great short film.
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<i>My Mistress</i>
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This Australian film that I saw on TUBI late one night starring Emmanuelle Beart as a mysterious woman who secretly works as a dominatrix is a fascinating if flawed film. It revolves around this young teenager who is dealing with tragedy who meets this older woman played by Beart as she helps home cope with his loss. The film does suffer from some underdeveloped characters in both Beart’s ex-husband and the young man’s mother but it is Beart and Harrison Gilbertson that make the film worth a watch.
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<i>Self</i>
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This six-minute short film as part of Pixar’s Sparkshorts program by Searit Kahsay Huluf is this inventive film that mixes stop-motion animation with 3D computer-based animation as it’s about a wooden doll who enters a new world as she tries to fit in to this 3D world. It is truly an incredible short film as it showcases the journey of this doll and what she needs to do really stand out in a new world.
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<i>Nai Nai & Wai Po</i>
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Another nominee in Best Documentary Short that I saw on Disney+ by Sean Wang as it’s about his grandmothers who both live with each other as they do whatever they can to keep going. It is a fun short that showcases these two old ladies who are both near the end of their lives yet they do whatever they can to fulfill themselves while also farting a lot. It is a short that is also touching and full of joy as my mother also enjoyed this short as it is fun to watch.
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<i>The ABCs of Book Banning</i>
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Of the five nominees for Best Documentary Short, this one is the weakest for the fact that it’s a documentary that could’ve been a feature-length documentary. It revolves around the banning of books in the state of Florida as it is largely told through the perspective of children who question about the books that are being banned. Even as they’re put into 3 categories of Restricted, Challenging, and Banned as many of the books that are put into these categories are either books about African-Americans or people in the LGBTQ community. It is proof of how much of a shithole Florida is.
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<i>Made in Milan</i>
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This documentary short by Martin Scorsese on Giorgio Armani is a great short that fans of Scorsese should see despite the fact that video quality isn’t that great. Still, it showcases into why Armani is revered as it shows a man who goes to great lengths to make clothes and fashion mean something. Even as he does what he can to innovate while also talking about the city of Milan and what it means for him as well as acknowledging his roots as he wasn’t born rich yet it drove him to succeed. Shot by the late, great Nestor Almendros and edited by longtime Scorsese collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker, it is a short that is full of wonder as it shows two masters working together for this little short.
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<i>Hideous</i>
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A short I watched on MUBI (that will be unavailable next month) is a collaboration between Yann Gonzalez and Oliver Sim of the xx as the former films the latter who performs 3 songs from his 2022 album <i>Hideous Bastard</i>. Notably as it is this great mix of horror, black comedy, and fantasy as it is told with such style as it has this air of confession where Sim appears in a talk show and performs while becoming a monster. It is such a film short to watch and anyone who is a fan of the xx should see if they can find it though it will likely come back to MUBI soon.
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<i>Knight of Fortune</i>
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A nominee for Best Live Action Short film by Lasse Lyskjaer Noer revolves around grief as it plays into this man who is at a morgue to see his late wife’s body where he meets another man who had also lost his wife as they both learn that their wives share the same favorite song. It is a film with a bit of humor but it is also a film that really shows how men cope with grief as it is definitely worth watching.
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Top 10 Re-Watches
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1. <a href="https://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2017/05/2017-cannes-marathon-handmaiden.html"><i>The Handmaiden</i></a>
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2. <i>The Lover</i>
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3. <i>Tangled</i>
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4. <i>The Band That Wouldn’t Die</i>
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5. <i>Believeland</i>
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6. <i>Just One of the Guys</i>
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7. <i>22 vs. Earth</i>
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8. <i>Wingspan</i>
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9. <i>Queen: Days of Our Life</i>
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10. <i>Lamp Life</i>
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Well, that is all for February 2024. Next month, the big film to see is <i>Dune-Part Two</i> as I have a ticket but I'm not well enough to attend and the assholes at Fandango won't refund my ticket for Saturday. Along with whatever new films coming out as well as some last-minute Oscar-nominated films before the Oscars happen. There will be a bunch of films I have pre-written that I plan to watch including films by Barry Jenkins, Christian Petzold, Sean Baker, and hopefully Justine Triet. As for my Blind Spot next month, I’m not sure at the moment.
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Before I leave, we have to take note on those have passed away this month starting with the most recent passing of Richard Lewis and Mike Jones aka Virgil aka Vincent aka Shane aka Soul Train Jones. Also who passed this month include Ole Anderson who was one of the co-founders of the Four Horseman as well as Pamela Salem, John Savident of <i>Coronation Street</i>, Paul D’Amato, musician Bobby Tench, Tony Ganios, writer Dan Wilcox, cinematography Alec Mills, Damo Suzuki of Can, drummer Jimmy Van Eaton, conductor Seiji Ozawa, former Chilean president Sebastian Pinera, filmmaker Robert M. Young, Aston “Family Man” Barrett, Brother Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Don Murray, filmmaker/animator Mark Gustafson, Carl Weathers, William Post who invented the Pop Tart, and the greatest outlaw singer of them all… Mojo Nixon! This is thevoid99 signing off…
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