Something tells me I'm still about to see a more tedious, strangest and really hurtful short documentary in years to come. But until then, Sérgio Santeiro's
"Viagem Pelo Interior Paulista" takes the prize hands down even though I'm not judging over certain critical facts - since there are more hurting projects out there,
movies that doesn't add up to anything or even create a sense of animosity with whatever they present. There are far more dangerous things out there and I don't
even know why I'm using such strong terms for this almost waste of celluloid.
Hear me out: here's a short film about a trip to the countryside of the great state of São Paulo where we get to visit several historical locations that still resisted the test of time and were all well preserved. The film presents each place, gives a small background from it and there are some nice images from it all, and we doubt sometimes that the state actually has those houses and churches since the majority of historical locations and architectures are mostly located in the state's capital. But nope, here you can actually see the house where famous writer Monteiro Lobato spent his childhood or some other 18th century location from the slavery period. Interesting to hear and see, right?
But the problem with this movie is the lack of appeal, the lack of interest because it simply does not contain a moment where a historian or some local could share their views from the place and present them. Here we have the great actor Paulo José narrating - he had a great voice - showing the facts of such locations at the same time a bizarre soundtrack follows each places is shown. It was such a dreadful and painful experience that I wasn't involved with it, none of the places were so fascinating to look at it - except maybe Lobato's house, or I guess this is because it's the only that I've could remember - and it's not like we're seeing the Cristo Redentor, the Pateo do Colégio or anything similar. It's so boring, it doesn't bring a higher development, and it doesn't have an urgency to show more about those places importance or some risk of them disappearing. You just get to know them and that's it.
For curious viewers or fans of historical locations, this can be special but only if you already heard about those places, visited them or want to visit them. Except for some church that appears to have had some changes over the decades and few original material resisted time (I kinda liked it), the rest isn't so attractive to me. 2/10.
Hear me out: here's a short film about a trip to the countryside of the great state of São Paulo where we get to visit several historical locations that still resisted the test of time and were all well preserved. The film presents each place, gives a small background from it and there are some nice images from it all, and we doubt sometimes that the state actually has those houses and churches since the majority of historical locations and architectures are mostly located in the state's capital. But nope, here you can actually see the house where famous writer Monteiro Lobato spent his childhood or some other 18th century location from the slavery period. Interesting to hear and see, right?
But the problem with this movie is the lack of appeal, the lack of interest because it simply does not contain a moment where a historian or some local could share their views from the place and present them. Here we have the great actor Paulo José narrating - he had a great voice - showing the facts of such locations at the same time a bizarre soundtrack follows each places is shown. It was such a dreadful and painful experience that I wasn't involved with it, none of the places were so fascinating to look at it - except maybe Lobato's house, or I guess this is because it's the only that I've could remember - and it's not like we're seeing the Cristo Redentor, the Pateo do Colégio or anything similar. It's so boring, it doesn't bring a higher development, and it doesn't have an urgency to show more about those places importance or some risk of them disappearing. You just get to know them and that's it.
For curious viewers or fans of historical locations, this can be special but only if you already heard about those places, visited them or want to visit them. Except for some church that appears to have had some changes over the decades and few original material resisted time (I kinda liked it), the rest isn't so attractive to me. 2/10.