We have that well of tradition to draw on, to help us understand. When we're puzzled we have all the stories that have been handed down from people who had the same problems.
I’ve never been sure where the very short film fits into the grand scheme of cinematic things. So often they feel like novelties, as though there’s a “natural” length to film, such that once you have a narrative arc involving multiple characters or settings, non-dialogue scenes, music, credits, etc., you need at least an hour to do it properly. And the 90-120 minute film fits historical screening schedules better: many viewers want something long enough to take up a good chunk of the evening, but not all of it (so no 4-hour Hamlet). Will streaming change this? I’m not so sure.
You write that the film “imagines a world.” Would you say this is almost a sci-fi world?
It’s fun to think about genres that outlive their original purposes and continue to evolve; the western has been a hybrid form since at least Leone’s “mediterraneanized” westerns. But also genres that die out (for example, German “mountain” films of the 20s).
Thanks for sharing this, Ada! Wonderful to read your review; I'm looking forward to seeing this short.
I’m anxious to see this - perhaps Almodóvar will make this into a feature some day (she said hopefully) 😊
i hope so too!!
We have that well of tradition to draw on, to help us understand. When we're puzzled we have all the stories that have been handed down from people who had the same problems.
I’ve never been sure where the very short film fits into the grand scheme of cinematic things. So often they feel like novelties, as though there’s a “natural” length to film, such that once you have a narrative arc involving multiple characters or settings, non-dialogue scenes, music, credits, etc., you need at least an hour to do it properly. And the 90-120 minute film fits historical screening schedules better: many viewers want something long enough to take up a good chunk of the evening, but not all of it (so no 4-hour Hamlet). Will streaming change this? I’m not so sure.
You write that the film “imagines a world.” Would you say this is almost a sci-fi world?
It’s fun to think about genres that outlive their original purposes and continue to evolve; the western has been a hybrid form since at least Leone’s “mediterraneanized” westerns. But also genres that die out (for example, German “mountain” films of the 20s).