Last weekend, some people were up to a different kind of `fly-by-nite' production. It was the 48 Hour Film Project - a competition touring the world that gives pple 48 hours to make a film based on a few rules. The defining difference between this and our locally born `fly-by-nite' had to be the themes and style dictated to each team. Like if or not, you may have to stage a musical or a Western! Sounds fun, dosen't it!? More will be written on this very soon! Meanwhile, take a look at these wacky team names.
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Written by Jeremy Sing
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S : It gave a very sincere feel to the documentary. It was clear that the director was not trying to hide any unpleasantries about the practitioners toward their religion. Some filmmakers might choose to omit those scenes. (beat) But Harman didn't, and it worked.
J : Share with you something. I watched `Road to Mecca’ in 2 parts actually.
J : Where was your favourite stop by the way?
18 Grams of Love is about 2 men who suspect that their wives are cheating behind their backs. So they devised an ingenious way to investigate this. By writing nicknamed love letters to each other's wives (swopped though), if the wife responds positively, then she is conclusively guilty. Of course, as you would expect, their plans end up in disarray and all hell breaks loose. And in between all that, there were just too many jokes for a simple review to do justice.
Watching it the cinema is a no-brainer. But supporting their appeal for support in commercial distribution would certainly motivate Yew Kwang to thrill us with more comedies for the years to come!
S : Name one!!!!
J : I know among many filmmakers, writing a `a-laugh-a-line' comedy like this is not easy.
S : As I mentioned in my review, she nailed her 13 points siao char bo role to a T. (pondering pause) But actually, you got to hand it to Yew Kwang for crafting 4 very distinct characters, each with their own personality.
J : You had fan boy mode for Homeless FC too by the way. (beat) At least, I am quite composed for 18 grams.
J : The problem is Kan is still experimenting and maybe he got famous too fast. And people judge him by conventional standards already.
S : Until Kan throws you a curveball with Batu Caves, extremely open ended and subject to your own interpretation.
This is an integral motif to Royston Tan's `After The Rain'. It is about a boy whose family relocates from a Kampung to a HDB flat in the 1970s. It reinforces a shared army experience between father and son. Manifested in idyllic and intimate visuals and backed up by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra (not sure how they pulled the strings!), it is a glossy showpiece that borders on looking like an extended commercial for the army. And I was not wrong. For the diluted artistry and dramatic cliches in the film, I really thought Royston's lost his bite. But when the Army Museum logo manifested in the end credits, all was safe!
S : Haha, yes i get what you mean. (pause) What I thought was strange was that the docu ended very abruptly. Just *poof* and it's over!
S : I guess like what Nizam said – 1. You have to gain his trust for him to open up. 2. Once that is established, it is less likely u want to stick a camera each time you're talking.
S : That, as well as his artistic eye. I mean, being the cinematographer for P. Ramlee should open a lot of doors, rite?
J : And recently, I seem to be seeing, hearing P Ramlee everywhere, either directly or being cross-referenced. E.g. The Perspectives Film Festival by NTU.
