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Objectified (2009)
a closer look at the individual design and personality behind the objects we use in our everyday lives
Well edited and composed, Objectified is neither groundbreaking nor earth-shatteringly enlightening, but it holds the interest of the audience.
The transitions from subject to subject and interview to interview are smooth and unobtrusive, and the content of the documentary is interesting and cool. Form really does follow function in terms of the composition of this film, but given that it deals with the means by which design integrates itself seamlessly into our experience, the lack of bold choices becomes pertinent and is therefore less troublesome. If one is to be generous, it could even be supposed that this kind of difficult-to-notice editing is some kind of implicit statement of philosophy with regards to the role of design in the life of the individual.
An interesting film. Worth seeing.
Gomorra (2008)
divergent personal stories play out under the ever-watching eye of the Camorra crime family
An incredibly well-balanced and viscerally stunning film, Gomorra really must be seen twice to fully appreciate the complex and relationships between the divergent story lines and the lives they represent.
Gomorra is a film about organized crime, but it is in no way the "mafia movie" that American films dealing with similar themes so often grow to be. Rather, it expresses a genuine cultural understanding of the intricacies of the organization and the cruel even-handedness of the Camorra's dealings an judgments.
Corruption and betrayal are so explicit and so prevalent within every aspect of life presented in the film that they can no longer even be considered thematic elements. What is instead created is an experience of life under the given circumstances--desolate, visceral, harsh--presented in a painfully beautiful way.
Hindsight (2008)
A woman recounts the story of how she and her boyfriend attempt to simultaneously remedy their financial troubles and an undesired pregnancy
This film has very well-written script. The characters are nicely-paralleled, simultaneously mirroring one another in their fundamental psychological struggles and diverging in their drives, desires, and ideals. The whole storyline is a psychotic eruption of social inadequacies combined with the ever-present question of whether or not our actions are to be judged by an absolute morality.
With regards to character development, the script may have been better carried by stronger acting -- the internal development was present, but was not sufficiently layered within the characters.
Overall, the film is sufficiently suspenseful to hold the attention of the audience.