Saturday, 19 November 2016

SNOWDEN

Recommended. We live in the world of total surveillance: our emails, calls, text messages, chats, Facebook accounts are tapped into, webcams and mikes used even when the computer is off, naked scanners search our bodies, we spy on people we know and don't know, information is everything. Joseph Gordon-Levitt looks much like Edward Snowden, just as Rhys Ifans resembles Corbin a lot. We get to know Snowden's full story, including him never having completed a school, his army service, as well as his love life. The plot is tense with the Rubik's cube scene being the highlight. Very well cast, structured and much revealing. It ends with some real life footage bits extending over the first credits. Great music score.

PLAC ZABAW

Recommended. Very well shot by Mateusz Skalski. Lots of clear close-ups, some CCTV footage, distant takes - all playing a role here. Excellent actors, including the very young ones. An uneasy watch about how cruel children are and about how it goes top-bottom in families.

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