the 'film independents' series at the film festival got me excited about like a little school girl. i started off my festivities by getting tickets for 'it's winter'--an iranian film in persian w/ english subtitles. the harsh weather and dismal job opportunities sets the depressing tone throughout the entire movie. it basically involves a young lady who is left by her husband as he attempts to find 'better' money/job for his family. he never returns, and her new husband does the same. the story involves love, complacency, and the pain of work and of always wanting something better. afterwards, i think i heard ppl killing themselves in the back of the theatre, but here are the cool parts:
(1) before the movie started, the iranian director and main actress prefaced the movie and the actress said this is the 1st time she's ever seen the movie. it was very emotional for her.
(2) afterwards, the director answered questions and blew all of our minds. it was overwhelmingly deep. it was hands-down one of the most amazing entertainment-based experiences of my life. for example:
(a) the cinematography was so carefully chosen that in important scenes, the background was "complex like a maze," which symbolized the males' interpreted path to solve their problems. yet, the focal point of the picturesque scenes focused narrowly down the center, which represented that their best solution was to merely continue their current roles and not leave what they currently have.
(b) he hired normal, real manual laborers as his entire cast instead of hired actors so as to make it more genuine.
(c) the climax/entire development of the couple's relationship involved no audible words--but merely music and the unusually warm colors--so that the audience can stitch together the story with their definition of love, and because "music invokes imagery, but imagery does not invoke music."
tons of many more comments, plus, i later saw the director walking next to me on the street just like any other passerby.
(1) before the movie started, the iranian director and main actress prefaced the movie and the actress said this is the 1st time she's ever seen the movie. it was very emotional for her.
(2) afterwards, the director answered questions and blew all of our minds. it was overwhelmingly deep. it was hands-down one of the most amazing entertainment-based experiences of my life. for example:
(a) the cinematography was so carefully chosen that in important scenes, the background was "complex like a maze," which symbolized the males' interpreted path to solve their problems. yet, the focal point of the picturesque scenes focused narrowly down the center, which represented that their best solution was to merely continue their current roles and not leave what they currently have.
(b) he hired normal, real manual laborers as his entire cast instead of hired actors so as to make it more genuine.
(c) the climax/entire development of the couple's relationship involved no audible words--but merely music and the unusually warm colors--so that the audience can stitch together the story with their definition of love, and because "music invokes imagery, but imagery does not invoke music."
tons of many more comments, plus, i later saw the director walking next to me on the street just like any other passerby.
movie:
at night, sonia and i went to see a 90-minute interview w/ the famous hip-hop producer pharrell. (he's done beats for jay-z, britney spears, justin timerblake, p diddy, etc.) he couldn't hold a conversation and ended up just talking about youtube, startrek, and saying 'uhhhh' a lot. disappointing. nevertheless, i acted as a spy by getting amazingly close to him and taking the following pic:
so basically, the movie turned out to be one of my favorites and pharrell disappointed me.
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