Post by Capo on Dec 2, 2008 13:09:19 GMT
Times and Winds
Reya Erdem 2006 | Turkey
Hugely disappointing. In fact, quite awful.
Some nice compositions (which would have looked even better had I seen a print and not digital), but seriously and fatally lacking in dramatic purpose. Is it supposed to be a quiet, observational film, like Ceylan's Clouds of May or Small Town? Or is it supposed to have more direction and umph to it, as implied by the late-in-the-day hysteria? Either way, it was a slack failure.
I found its artsy pretensions annoying, too: the music is beautiful in itself, but relied on too heavily (the same motif accompanies almost every scene-to-scene transition); and those recurring shots of the kids lying mysteriously in weeds and shrubbery couldn't have screamed "distinct style!" more. As it is, I found them lacking meaning or significance; not enough was made of it, and I was unable to find allegorical worth too.
Reya Erdem 2006 | Turkey
Hugely disappointing. In fact, quite awful.
Some nice compositions (which would have looked even better had I seen a print and not digital), but seriously and fatally lacking in dramatic purpose. Is it supposed to be a quiet, observational film, like Ceylan's Clouds of May or Small Town? Or is it supposed to have more direction and umph to it, as implied by the late-in-the-day hysteria? Either way, it was a slack failure.
I found its artsy pretensions annoying, too: the music is beautiful in itself, but relied on too heavily (the same motif accompanies almost every scene-to-scene transition); and those recurring shots of the kids lying mysteriously in weeds and shrubbery couldn't have screamed "distinct style!" more. As it is, I found them lacking meaning or significance; not enough was made of it, and I was unable to find allegorical worth too.
