OM DET OANDLIGA (ABOUT ENDLESSNESS)
Watchable. Each shot looks like a painting. While the movie's in greyish-brownish hues, the shades of grey and brown vary, making it very artistic. The film consists of a series of separate scenes, mostly with one line, sometimes repeated, each and a few minute break when you can ponder on the meaning while admiring the still photo, since the picture more often than not freezes, or watch a long blackout - less inspiring. Most scenes depict situations with no way out. The film's as philosophical as "En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron" ("A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence") and even some sets are re-used. The only problem is the lack of a consistent plot and prolonged images may make you drift away.
The movie on mojeekino.pl ran fairly smoothly, was perfectly audible and had large subtitles on black background.
20 YEARS OF WATCH DOCS - ONLINE
10 films are available free of charge till 30th December. I saw "Framing the Other" in 2012 and posted a note about it then.
JUSTICA (JUSTICE) (2004)
Watchable. A microcosm of Rio: a slick courtroom or lawyers' houses or cars contrast with dark overcrowded prisons, where the human congestion reminds of concentration camps with the difference of cooking utensils (right in those overcrowded cells) and without cruelty, and with favelas, well-fed judges preside over hungry petty thieves. The work of justice is futile since the big fish never get caught and the brutal police are feared more in the society than drug dealers. The portrait of Brazil is clear both in terms of words and taking into account cinematography. The film is unemotional, doesn't evoke feelings in the viewer, just like it doesn't in judges. The documentary is informative but deprived of hope or emotion, just like the system. Seems mechanical.
NO BURQAS BEHIND BARS (2012)
Recommended. A reverse reality: helpful, family-like prison wardens and vengeful husbands at large, liberty behind bars and constant vigilance at home. Women who fear leaving prison. And certain Javid who I'd love to beat up with my own hands - just wait till the end and you'll understand. Afghanistan: women sentenced for years of prison for running from home - before being forcefully married off - or running from their husbands. The reversal of what we perceive right and wrong makes their situation so absurd it's on the verge of being funny.
The films ran perfectly smoothly, were audible and had big subtitles, unfortunately white ones on often light backgrounds.
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