Film Masterclass

Barney Elliot (AKA the most interesting man in the world), came up to our school. He was also film director. He told us how he got inspired by his frustraitions from his own life experience. It was very interesting to listen how he came up with his ideas (Shopping, meeting a friend) and how he was able to convert them into a movie. Also I found it quite intriguing how, out of the blue, one day decided he was going to be a film directo. However, it was quite hard to listen to him since his screensaver was hypnotizing. We watched two films, True colors and Ultimo Recurso, I personally liked most True colors.

True colors

I liked this one so much I feel bad for the poor judgment that everyone gives to the man, and it shows us how people tend to judge others just from first impresions without knowing any context of the situation and making their own conclusions, I had an epiphany. I also liked alot the mise-en-scene, i mean, the car, the shop, the atmosphere had its own sad tone.

I give it 9.27 out 10


Ultimo Recurso

What I liked on this one is that it shows us to what extent someone can be evil. And it also raises the question: is the man really evil or if he really needs the money?. The name of the film, "last resort" has a double meaning too, Armed robery is the man`s last resort to get money, but he is also the last resort the woman has for her to be saved since he accidentally took her cellphone (from my understanding). I know its an open ending and its up to us and etc, but I think that the ending could have been more interesting, instead of him realising he was going the wrong way.

I give it 3.68 out of 5