These two shortfilms are thesis of the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV). The truth one should never expect too much of a student's film, they always seem to be missing something. Curiously enough, that was true only for one of them. Here it goes.
Two Coffees.
It's a regular student film. There's not much to it. The sound recording is not good, you can barely understand a word they're saying. It's true... they are old and Cuban, but still, one should be able to understand the mumbling. The film has some good frames, but also some huge mistakes in exposition. Leaving aside the technical aspects, I think in general the story doesn't work. The film ends and one is still trying to understand what was it that the director wanted to tell with it... nothing really happens... of course the old man and the old woman are wonderful, but that has all to do with them being themselves, and nothing to do with the documentary being good. In conclusion, I did not like it.
If We Are Still Alive
It's a morbid, and to a certain extent, obscene picture of old age. It's simply fascinating. It has a very Frederick Wiseman-like style, which I absolutely love. It confronts us with the desperate reality of having to turn gray and old. Technically it's great. I loved the use of the long-lenses and the chiaroscuro, it helps generate the proper atmosphere for the story that's evolving underneath. Overall, I find it to be a great shortfilm. It moves you... generates doubts, opinions, and discussions, the way all films should... Loved it.
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