NH19: Ashes will Remain
Olivier Laxe’s Fire Will Come proves that neomodernist cinema does not necessarily have to be lengthy. The latest film by the creator of warmly received Mimosas (NH16) is a showcase of neomodernism.
Olivier Laxe’s Fire Will Come proves that neomodernist cinema does not necessarily have to be lengthy. The latest film by the creator of warmly received Mimosas (NH16) is a showcase of neomodernism.
hu, having done a great selection work, shows cut fragments of streams, suggesting that perhaps these platforms gave the tenth muse a truly democratic value.
But Portrait of a Lady on Fire is not only a moving, feminine melodrama. It is a film created by a woman, in which women were responsible for the script, photos and editing, and only women appear on the screen, except for short anonymous moments at the beginning and end of the film.
The images that Diaz feeds us still hypnotize and incline to contemplation and spiritual experience of the film, realizing the creator’s assumption: “total cinema experience”.
The ability to be moved in the cinema has a ratio inversely proportional to the number of movies watched and one’s experience. The effectiveness of the image in this area does not necessarily mean that we are dealing with a masterpiece, but every tear shed in a dark room full of unknown people is a special moment. Therefore, instead of classic summary of the year, I serve you a list of my ten emotions.
This year’s winner of the International New Horizons Competition, Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s Fugue, is a drama with psychological, dark-mooded surplus, which in Poland falls on an extremely absorbent ground.
Second after Of Horses and Men, Benedict Erlingsson’s full-length film tells the story of climate problems that the world is facing and short-sightedness of large enterprises focused on profit and so called “progress,” not noticing the damage that is spreading around them.
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is a movie that should evoke our thoughts not only because it was awarded with Golden Lion in Venice (and a number of other awards, warm critical reception, etc.), but also because it is one of the experimental moments for the distribution market not only in Poland.
To realize how difficult it is to record solid material in a small space, it may be enough for one to imagine using a crowded elevator (or – remaining in the climate of the Cutterhead – in the subway bursting with people). There is not enough space to catch your breath, let alone fit your camera.
A female love melodrama was set in a masculine, gay world, and in the background the intrigue of a masked murderer killing subsequent actors was placed.