[film] a few
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inulroEvery once in a while Film 4/Channel 4 have a week where they show loads of stuff I want to watch. Last week was one of those:
Star Trek: First Contact
I never saw any of the Next Generation film releases because they came out during the broke years.
It's aged pretty well, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It shows up the JJ Abrams reboots for the shallow, plot-free triumph of action over substance that they are. There is actual plot, and one of the pivotal "action" scenes takes place in slow motion. There's even something like character development with Data.
Source Code
Not usually my kind of thing, but for some reason the Radio Times convinced me to give it a chance. (I've come to realise that unless it's a chick-flick or middle-class middle-aged twee stuff, if the RT is telling me to watch it I will probably enjoy it). We expected to turn it off after 20 minutes, but were pleasantly surprised. A groundhog day/time loop story that didn't infuriate the hell out of me. Amazing! Predictable, but it works.
No
Because Gael Garcia Bernal.
In 1988, Chile had a referendum on the Pinochet regime. Bernal plays an ad exec (loosely based on a real person) who is brought in to oversee the "No" campaign. He has to convince a load of old socialist men to use modern, upbeat advertising techniques to tell their story and capture public opinion. As the No campaign gains attention and support, those working on it find they have some unwanted attention from the regime, and one of their broadcasts is censored.
It's a pretty good film. Watching it now in the week leading up to the Scottish referendum the parallels between the No campaign here and the Pinochet regime's Yes campaign are either scary or funny, depending on how you look at it (a mixture of treating people like idiots, and fear-mongering).
Heads up - Pinochet lost the plebiscite.
Star Trek: First Contact
I never saw any of the Next Generation film releases because they came out during the broke years.
It's aged pretty well, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It shows up the JJ Abrams reboots for the shallow, plot-free triumph of action over substance that they are. There is actual plot, and one of the pivotal "action" scenes takes place in slow motion. There's even something like character development with Data.
Source Code
Not usually my kind of thing, but for some reason the Radio Times convinced me to give it a chance. (I've come to realise that unless it's a chick-flick or middle-class middle-aged twee stuff, if the RT is telling me to watch it I will probably enjoy it). We expected to turn it off after 20 minutes, but were pleasantly surprised. A groundhog day/time loop story that didn't infuriate the hell out of me. Amazing! Predictable, but it works.
No
Because Gael Garcia Bernal.
In 1988, Chile had a referendum on the Pinochet regime. Bernal plays an ad exec (loosely based on a real person) who is brought in to oversee the "No" campaign. He has to convince a load of old socialist men to use modern, upbeat advertising techniques to tell their story and capture public opinion. As the No campaign gains attention and support, those working on it find they have some unwanted attention from the regime, and one of their broadcasts is censored.
It's a pretty good film. Watching it now in the week leading up to the Scottish referendum the parallels between the No campaign here and the Pinochet regime's Yes campaign are either scary or funny, depending on how you look at it (a mixture of treating people like idiots, and fear-mongering).
Heads up - Pinochet lost the plebiscite.
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Date: 2014-09-15 01:07 pm (UTC)Great film: I was wondering if the Yes campaign were taking their cues from this, by trying to keep everything upbeat (that seems to been dropped in the last couple of weeks, mind). It must be quite a pivotal example of how to win a referendum. I was surprised I'd never heard of the campaign before.
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Date: 2014-09-20 09:01 pm (UTC)