Sunday, November 12, 2006

anti-rust punditry, cinematically

http://blogs.scriptologist.com/arparp/
(a review)

KWARTO

pitch: ordinary guy hangs out with ordinary guy friend who brings along two ordinary girl friends and they pair up heterosexually in ordinary guy's mess of a room where they hold an impromptu drinking session until girls get fed up with the macho advances and the two ordinary guys turn on each other to hopefully release their horny ambitions

catch: i like angeli bayani wherever she appears so that makes this watchable

yea but other than that catch, this umpire says "strike one you're out!" first, i don't see the point of this film. i think it was such a fruitless exercise. after each film, you ask yourself, especially if it's a narrative, "what's the point of all this?" and if the answer is as vague as a mudsplatter on your windshield, forget it. it probably did not have any point to begin with. but this is a very good example of how digital filmmaking is now within the reach of every tom, dick and harry who can afford to buy/rent a camera and editing equipment. so this film was made by either a tom, a dick or a harry. c'est tout. i hope one of them enrolls in a scriptwriting seminar soon to learn the nuances of proper film storytelling.

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