Movie: 2016 Oscar Nominated Shorts: Live Action
When: 7:15 PM, Friday, January 29
Who With: JL, KB, NB, KP, MF, JM
YTD Movie Count: 10!
Snacks: Taco Sano, pop and popcorn bowl
When: 7:15 PM, Friday, January 29
Who With: JL, KB, NB, KP, MF, JM
YTD Movie Count: 10!
Snacks: Taco Sano, pop and popcorn bowl
Reaction: So this is where we’re hiding all the minorities! #WhiteOscars redeems itself with plenty of international representation in this category. I think every human emotion was also represented. Good lord, these filmmakers do a lot very quickly. The whole theater was completely invested with loud exhaling, exhausted laughter after some of the more intense films. Here’s the order we saw them and a quick reaction:
Ave Maria, Palestine/France/Germany: One of the more lighthearted ones, although still dealing with Arab/Jewish divides and family dynamics.
Shok (Friend), Kosovo/United Kingdom: Heart breaker. A bike in the middle of the road triggers a memory of friendship during the War. Based on real events, we remember life is hard, but harder for some more than others.
Stutter, UK/Ireland: Oh, you need a little relief? Here’s a sweet story about a nice guy with a stutter, learning sign language as strategy to get through the day and pursuing an online relationship to help get through life. What will happen when they meet IRL? Just lovely.
Alles Wird Gut (Everything Will Be Okay), Germany/Austria: No it won’t. Not if you park your car like that. In my mind, it’s between Shok and this one for the Oscar win. This is my pick. The young actress, Julia Pointner, and her furrowed brow are everything. Remember that kid-feeling of not having a say and not being in control and stuff not being fair? Ugh, this movie.
Day One, USA: A translator’s first day of her first job alongside a US Army Unit. Apparently also based of real events, this feels artificially heightened and sanctimonious for my taste. After talking this one over with the group at Flipper’s I realized I was just manipulated to an extreme that was kind of unnecessary. The director having been in the military fills up this mo
Shok (Friend), Kosovo/United Kingdom: Heart breaker. A bike in the middle of the road triggers a memory of friendship during the War. Based on real events, we remember life is hard, but harder for some more than others.
Stutter, UK/Ireland: Oh, you need a little relief? Here’s a sweet story about a nice guy with a stutter, learning sign language as strategy to get through the day and pursuing an online relationship to help get through life. What will happen when they meet IRL? Just lovely.
Alles Wird Gut (Everything Will Be Okay), Germany/Austria: No it won’t. Not if you park your car like that. In my mind, it’s between Shok and this one for the Oscar win. This is my pick. The young actress, Julia Pointner, and her furrowed brow are everything. Remember that kid-feeling of not having a say and not being in control and stuff not being fair? Ugh, this movie.
Day One, USA: A translator’s first day of her first job alongside a US Army Unit. Apparently also based of real events, this feels artificially heightened and sanctimonious for my taste. After talking this one over with the group at Flipper’s I realized I was just manipulated to an extreme that was kind of unnecessary. The director having been in the military fills up this mo
Be sure to leave time to digest these with your group afterward. Our experience was that wherever the conversation meandered, it always veered toward the depressing.
Recommendation: Let’s Go! | Let it come to you | Let it pass
Next Up: Maybe the Animated Shorts tonight or Planetary tomorrow. Stay tuned for my first month in review post!
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