Friday, November 24, 2023

Belfast

The story is about a family living in Belfast during the late 1960s.

The film reminded me a bit of Apollo 10 1/2 which is about life in Houston during the late 1960s told through the perspective of a young boy. Wished the director would explain more about the reason for people fighting and elaborate more on the interaction among buddy's classmates. Didn't realise how dangerous their situation was only until the supermarket loot scene.

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Walk Walk

This is a documentary about what walking means to different groups of people in Singapore.

Was quite surprised to see Amanda Heng in the first scene as I didn't think she was into walking. It was only afterwards when I realised how two of her works had a walking theme to it. By the way, I was really impressed by the visual recorder's work! If only I could jot down my notes in a similar way!

Friday, November 10, 2023

A Silent Voice

The story is about a boy who tries to redeem himself many years later for bullying a deaf girl in his class.

The class dynamics is really different from the one in Skip and Loafer! It is a bit more darker and less friendly. Thought putting the crosses on people's faces was an interesting idea to show the lack of social interaction.

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Monday, November 06, 2023

Skip and Loafer

The story is about how a young teenage girl came from the countryside to Tokyo to study and made many friends in the process.

Liked the many interesting characters and how the director used dreams, flashbacks and ordinary everyday scenarios to explain what they are thinking about! My favorite episode would be the film outing episode where the lead character finally made a deeper connection with the rest of her classmates!

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