i want to learn. i felt a documentary a day would do that for me. since i'm not sure i'll be successful with ONE A DAY, i give myself permission to note anything else i learn in a day, even if it doesn't come from netflix.
Monday, March 3, 2014
38. I GOT OFF TRACK. THE SQUARE
the square--that's tahrir square in cairo. this film travels the course of 2011-2013, during the uprisings that eventually oust mubarek and then morsi. we follow real lives of revolutionaries and members of the muslim brotherhood, as they interact, and debate. while the characters we meet are generally likeable, and the footage is from the inside of the revolution--we are there in the square during jubilation as well as dissent, i found it difficult and somewhat tedious to watch. this 1 hr and 40 min film took me over the course of several days to get through. i don't know why exactly--you have to read it, but that's not unusual for a foreign film. maybe because of the handheld nature of the filming?; the timeline over the course of a couple of years?; the difficulty i found in sometimes keeping straight who was for what cause? the immersive nature of the filming technique? in the end, i know this is an important film; telling a story of the desire for democracy amongst members of the same nation, but different mentalities, overshadowed by violence. but, i'm sorry to say, i just didn't enjoy the experience.
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