DIFF 2010 - The Nine Muses
A documentary on world citizens in the context of UK, the triumphs and tridents of immigrants set against the Greek mythology of the Nine Muses.
The movie has a continuos overlay of greek mythology, heavy visual referencing of Black, Indian and British immigrant history and well known literature excerpts in terms of narration and commentary. A great visual treat with excellent photography though tending to get repitative and scattered. Though this is a visual story with lietarture being the backdrop and flow, one cannot see this for a linear thread, as it works simultanoeusly on three levels, the literary, the visual and the mythology. All three are interspersed and appear as strains, dominating the viewer experience in an attempt at being directional.
The structure set is standard with 9 parts representing the nine muses, dance, poetry, tragedy,etc. and each part complete as a music-visual-narrative set. The narrations are writings taken from the great authors, playrights and literary geniuses, ranging from T.S. Elliot to Rabindrnath Tagore to Mark Twain. Very well-finished cinematography, the visuals are a mix of photoimages and tapes from immigrant life 50 yrs ago interspersed with the film-makers metaphoric interpretation of Britain as an immigrant. Wide and long shots of the Alaskan winter lace the entire film, and repeat themselves constantly to a point of blur, embalming the cold winters of the Great Britain. The music varies from intriguing to traditional to noise, but remains a background service throughout. At many points causing unnecessary fervour in an attempt to plot building.
Though an interesting piece overall, as this does not confer to the regular movie on immigrant life post World War two, this movie can be best identified as a piece of art, personal and intimate often to the extent of bring oblivious of an audience. As something that comes from a second generation migrant, this film is a credible attempt at showing both love for what considers thier 'Home' now and at the same time confering to the aspect of migration which is now part of their history.
Though the overall usage is an abstract and not threaded, one wishes the collage read to have been beyind the literary link.
The movie has a continuos overlay of greek mythology, heavy visual referencing of Black, Indian and British immigrant history and well known literature excerpts in terms of narration and commentary. A great visual treat with excellent photography though tending to get repitative and scattered. Though this is a visual story with lietarture being the backdrop and flow, one cannot see this for a linear thread, as it works simultanoeusly on three levels, the literary, the visual and the mythology. All three are interspersed and appear as strains, dominating the viewer experience in an attempt at being directional.
The structure set is standard with 9 parts representing the nine muses, dance, poetry, tragedy,etc. and each part complete as a music-visual-narrative set. The narrations are writings taken from the great authors, playrights and literary geniuses, ranging from T.S. Elliot to Rabindrnath Tagore to Mark Twain. Very well-finished cinematography, the visuals are a mix of photoimages and tapes from immigrant life 50 yrs ago interspersed with the film-makers metaphoric interpretation of Britain as an immigrant. Wide and long shots of the Alaskan winter lace the entire film, and repeat themselves constantly to a point of blur, embalming the cold winters of the Great Britain. The music varies from intriguing to traditional to noise, but remains a background service throughout. At many points causing unnecessary fervour in an attempt to plot building.
Though an interesting piece overall, as this does not confer to the regular movie on immigrant life post World War two, this movie can be best identified as a piece of art, personal and intimate often to the extent of bring oblivious of an audience. As something that comes from a second generation migrant, this film is a credible attempt at showing both love for what considers thier 'Home' now and at the same time confering to the aspect of migration which is now part of their history.
Though the overall usage is an abstract and not threaded, one wishes the collage read to have been beyind the literary link.
1:30pm, 18.12.10 MOE 9
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