It occurred to me how strange watching this film is in a time when none of the clubs are open and the nightlife from before times is more nostalgia than memory.
The Guardian reviewed the film in 2016 saying, “The film doesn’t flaunt its technical bravado, so you’re never too distracted by wondering how Schipper and cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen pulled off their choreography, turning a nondescript small section of Mitte [a district in Berlin] into a nocturnal playground of seemingly infinite possibility. But you do become aware of the film’s tricks with duration, as in the gang’s brief return to the club – in reality lasting just a few minutes, but feeling like a whole tournament of triumphant revelry. “Real time” in cinema has rarely been so craftily elasticised.”
Based on the other readings and your experience of films/television/video over the last 12 months (inside and outside of this course):
What elements (formal contexts you have seen or experienced in film/television/video) do you think makes “real time” feel like “real time” in cinematic time? Refer to Victoria and if you have seen another continuous take film, tell us about how it relates.
Gant’s article basically tells us that Victoria was crafted for the festival circuit because festivals needed a younger audience. Between this claim and the claim about films like Pelo Malo being “poverty porn” that appeals to silver haired festival supporters. Now that you are aware of this, how do you feel about film festivals and festival films?
General instructions for all discussions:
To contribute to the discussion, make sure you’ve watched the film, read the articles and collected your thoughts. The content and quality of your discussion post is extremely important. It’s how we engage with everyone’s insights and connect them to each other’s experiences of the film in this course.
in your initial post: I’m looking for a well-organized, well-thought through post that engages the elements of the film, your experience and the readings. Always be as specific about film elements as you can. Refer back to Unit one readings for terms and ways to talk about film.
The Unit One Readings are “How to Write about Film”, “NMS viewer guide”, and film viewer guide. these are more for how to write about the film in the discussion post. The Pelo Malo Poverty Porn refernced above is also included as a pdf file down below. Please make sure that there is an actual discussion prompt question gathered from your thoughts at the end.
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