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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

A word about Best Short Film (Live Action). First, mad props to the Market Arcade Theater for screening these. I like shorts, but like their cousin, short stories, there aren't many outlets for them. It's too bad: 20 minutes is a pleasing length for a movie. Second, if your Oscar pool includes this category, here are my thoughts:

"Assad" A Somali boy is befriended by a fisherman, who wants the kid to follow his profession instead of becoming a pirate.
"Buzkashi Boys" The son of a blacksmith and an orphaned beggar in Kabul dream of becoming Buzkashi riders. ( Buzkashi is the national sport of Afganistan-- polo with a dead goat.)
"Curfew" A man estranged from his sister and her daughter takes the kid bowling and finds redemption.
"Death of a Shadow" A man takes pictures of people at the moment of their death, capturing their shadows. It's German, with a sort of steampunk aesthetic.
"Henry" An Alzheimer's patient moves between his memories and his present reality in the hospital.

Bet on "Buzkashi", which seemed to me to be the most fully realized.They were all pretty dark, although "Assad" made me happy at the end, and "Curfew" ended on an up not and had a pleasing dance sequence.

// posted by Bill @ 10:31 AM

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