Friday, April 16, 2010
CINEMA VERITE
Today's film was Ulrich Seidl's
Two parallel stories. A woman goes from the Ukraine to Vienna to find a better life. A man goes from Vienna to the Ukraine to find a better life.
Futility.
This is a tough film to watch but it has a lot of redeeming qualities.
There are a lot of funny spots. There is a reality to the whole thing that is totally different from a made up film. Real locations are used as well as non-actors.
And there is truth. The world is really like this for a lot of people.
This is in a long tradition of both Italian and French cinema. Updated. Very well done.
It is hard to say that I "enjoyed" it.
I, rather, appreciated it.
I saw Seidl's last film and gave it a 1 out of Netflix5. It was so hard to watch.
This is an easy 3 and, if I think about it some more, maybe a 4 out of Netflix5.
I look for more in the future. He is on a good trajectory.
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