Tuesday, February 20

Yesterday we watched the film D'Est. I found many of the shots, at least in part, to be very visually pleasing and striking. The people and the everyday situations that were captured so candidly in shots were absolutely mesmerizing in their simplicity. However, I found that the shots were too long and drawn out, slowly losing their purpose along with the time. I understand that he was showing how life is in it's simplicity and length, but I guess I am not interested in seeing that without being connected to someone. I think I miss that when we watch experimental films, a lot of times I do not feel connected to anyone in it. I think the filmmaker wants me to be connected with him or his feelings in D'Est, but I suppose I have been trained against that by growing up with Hollywood in my blood. I love artistic films, but not when they do not make me feel anything for a person, a character, a scene, nature, anything. This film just got so long with nothing to follow that I slowly faded away into apathy.