Birth of No Nation: Naishtat’s Compelling, Experimental History Lesson
Argentinean director Benjamin Naishtat’s sophomore effort, El Movimiento is a disturbing and inventive account of national identity born out of anarchy. Budgetary restraints led to ambitious utilization of resources with a piece of cinema as striking to behold with its gloomy black and white cinematography as its subject matter is vile. The stagey depiction of ex-soldiers turned bandits desperate to gain control of a region divided by considerable conflicts veers from amusingly shoddy to utterly vicious, often within the same, clipped sequence. Austere in a way recalling the icy fatality of Haneke, while evocative moments of violence are comparable to Reygadas, Naishtat’s film remains disconcerting throughout, aided by abrupt editing jolts and a superb menacing score from Pedro Irusta.
Set in 1835 Argentina, Naishtat opens with three words: Argentina, Anarchy, Plague. A band of former soldiers execute a poor farmer selling pastries,...
Argentinean director Benjamin Naishtat’s sophomore effort, El Movimiento is a disturbing and inventive account of national identity born out of anarchy. Budgetary restraints led to ambitious utilization of resources with a piece of cinema as striking to behold with its gloomy black and white cinematography as its subject matter is vile. The stagey depiction of ex-soldiers turned bandits desperate to gain control of a region divided by considerable conflicts veers from amusingly shoddy to utterly vicious, often within the same, clipped sequence. Austere in a way recalling the icy fatality of Haneke, while evocative moments of violence are comparable to Reygadas, Naishtat’s film remains disconcerting throughout, aided by abrupt editing jolts and a superb menacing score from Pedro Irusta.
Set in 1835 Argentina, Naishtat opens with three words: Argentina, Anarchy, Plague. A band of former soldiers execute a poor farmer selling pastries,...
- 1/12/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Ever wanted to have a hand in helping a film get made? Now you have your chance with a new film by the director of the acclaimed gay films Absent and Plan B, which was on our recent list of the Top 100 Greatest Gay Movies.
Director Marco Berger has a new project underway called Hawaii, but there’s one thing standing in the way of actually shooting the film: funds. It’s a common problem for filmmakers trying to find financial backers, but Berger has turned to Kickstarter, a funding platform that helps artists raise money for everything from production to finishing costs of a project. Since its inception in 2009, Kickstarter, according to the website, has raised over $359 million and helped fun over 350 projects.
AfterElton checked in with Berger to find out more about Hawaii and, with just a few days left in his fundraising window (and still shy of...
Director Marco Berger has a new project underway called Hawaii, but there’s one thing standing in the way of actually shooting the film: funds. It’s a common problem for filmmakers trying to find financial backers, but Berger has turned to Kickstarter, a funding platform that helps artists raise money for everything from production to finishing costs of a project. Since its inception in 2009, Kickstarter, according to the website, has raised over $359 million and helped fun over 350 projects.
AfterElton checked in with Berger to find out more about Hawaii and, with just a few days left in his fundraising window (and still shy of...
- 10/16/2012
- by nyjimmy67
- The Backlot
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