15TH DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY FILM FESTIVAL 2018
ENSAYO DE DESPEDIDA (FAREWELL ESSAY)
Walked out. Why would I watch photographs of a family of some strangers or their house being emptied?
EX-PAJE (EX-SHAMAN)
Watchable. A bleak picture of white men ruining natives' habitats in Brazil. At the same time a picture of modernity mixing with tradition among Indians - no running water but electricity and the Internet. Adults hunt for monkeys, children play computer "Hunting" games. I wonder if the folk tale that a snake can't look into fire is true. The necessity to kill snakes survives all epochs.
MUCHOS HIJOS, UN MONO Y UN CASTILLO (LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE)
Watchable. Partly about hoarding - the protagonist has accumulated so many objects over her lifetime she can't fit them into a flat. But that's only part of the picture. The 81-year-old lady has such a rich personality the film watches like Almodovar's. No beggining or ending but she fills the picture completely.
DOLPHIN MAN VR
Recommended. It's as if you were there: you have goggles on your nose making breathing a bit harder and the fish, sea mammals and divers look enormous which reflects the triple close-up you experience in water. A shark turns round in the last moment. And of course it's all around you: in front and back, to the left and right, above and below. Total immersion in virtual diving.
THE SUN LADIES VR
Recommended. Puts you right at their dining table or in front of the troop of the women soldiers who normally fight against ISIS. Since the Muslim radicals believe they won't go to paradise if killed by a woman, the female soldiers sing for the enemy to know who's killing them.
I SAW THE FUTURE VR
Watchable. Only depth, practically in one direction but it's fascinating that a few decades ago Arthur C. Clarke predicted the future correctly.
GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI
Watchable. A swearing long-legged model with a voice but singing the same song with different, vulgar lyrics every time. Cool hats. The documentary lacks her modelling and acting career.
IMPULSO
Watchable. Well-structured, the dancer moved amazingly but it just failed to electrify me. Though, I admit, I felt like tapping my feet on my way back.
SENGIRE (THE ANCIENT WOODS)
Watchable. Only pictures, no music. Images and sounds of a Lithuanian wood with rare sights like a badger or a bison. Let's you unwind. The cinematography is correct but doesn't bewitch you. Feels drowsy at times.
THE CLEANERS
Watchable. Touted as revelatory, it's just about the removal of porn, terrorism or child abuse from the Internet. The job takes its toll on the moderators so all the more I feel grateful those conscious people with integrity do it. No conspiracies here.
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