Friday, January 15, 2010
SLOW MOTION
Today's film was Fernando Eimbcke's
This is the second film by this director. I saw and deeply enjoyed the first one, Duck Season the other day.
This one is quite different but in a familiar style if you see the first first. They are not in any way related although they both star the same young man Diego Cataño.
This is a shaggy dog story, almost literally. Actually several shaggy dog stories in one.
We do not know what is up really until the story unfolds in a series of short scenes similar to blackout sketches. But not with the big laugh ending. More of a "hmmm, that's interesting" ending. Although some of it is pretty funny. Also sad.
Eimbcke's thing is long delicious shots of a scene with a slow moving action in front of it. I do not think that there is one pan or zoom and yet every setup is very interesting. By watching so closely we are participating.
The colors are gorgeous. Just look at this one shot. The location was a small Mexican town. Very rich.
This is a wonderful film. Like the first, I would be happy to see it again so I have put them down for a year from now. His next film, Revolución is due the end of this year. Maybe all three in one showing. An Eimbcke fest. That is him in the inset.
I will give it a 5 out of Netflix5. It is that good. So was the first one.
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