Sonnet #83 (Sonnet Project US)
- Episode aired Feb 12, 2017
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US special 1 - Texas/Sonnet #83: Not perfect but 'gets' what the Project is trying to do (even if it is not part of the main body)
Until recently I had skipped the films in this series which were not really part of the series but had come in from other places. I'm not sure what triggered them to be made, or meant that the Sonnet Project NY hosted them as part of the whole, but I hadn't watched them. Part of me felt that they were not helping the Project towards their goal, and were repeating sonnets already covered, so I was less interested in them. A pointless opinion to have over films only a few minutes long! With the main season finally delivering another film after a 9 month wait, I decided to check out some of the US and international films that I hadn't seen.
This one is in Bryan, Texas - a place I had never heard of and probably am not alone in that. The location seems unnecessary apart from fitting with the location-specific approach of the other films, but other than that I enjoyed the thought that had gone into the delivery of the sonnet. The narrative is a former lover seeing her ex with others getting his photograph taken. She seems to fondly remember doing this herself, and a look from him tells of a certain amount of regret too - then the film is over. On the negative side, it ends weakly and has some generic musical score that doesn't add much, but otherwise I liked the concept and the way it linked to the txt. The actress is a little bit too earnest in her delivery but she sells the smaller moments.
Although in Texas and not adding to the main series, this short does capture the intent of the Project by adding context and accessibility to the text, and making it more than someone standing somewhere delivering the words to a camera.
This one is in Bryan, Texas - a place I had never heard of and probably am not alone in that. The location seems unnecessary apart from fitting with the location-specific approach of the other films, but other than that I enjoyed the thought that had gone into the delivery of the sonnet. The narrative is a former lover seeing her ex with others getting his photograph taken. She seems to fondly remember doing this herself, and a look from him tells of a certain amount of regret too - then the film is over. On the negative side, it ends weakly and has some generic musical score that doesn't add much, but otherwise I liked the concept and the way it linked to the txt. The actress is a little bit too earnest in her delivery but she sells the smaller moments.
Although in Texas and not adding to the main series, this short does capture the intent of the Project by adding context and accessibility to the text, and making it more than someone standing somewhere delivering the words to a camera.
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