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First of all I've got to give it to the people that got this thing together. 9/11 is such a sensitive issue that making a movie that dares to be controversial about it takes a great deal of guts. It's a shame, although not surprising, that the movie was banned in the US.
That being said I think that the movie is superb with a couple of weak moments. The movie starts up with the Iranian segment which turns out to be somewhat reminiscent of Majid Majidi's work (the absolutely beautiful "heaven's children" and "the color of paradise"). Much like those 2 films the clip shows what happened through the innocent eyes of a class of Afgan refugees in Iran. Absolutely beautiful clip. Same goes for Sean Penn's clip which is superb as well. But just as some of the clips are beutiful others are absolutely brutal. Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu does the mexican clip and just like his gut-wrenching "Amores perros" he does it as brutal as he can. Most of the clip is a black screen with several sounds playing in the background. Those sounds are of the reporters and their shock as the second plane crashes, those who called home from the burning towers and left messages for their families, those who were angry....and he combines this with flashes of people jumping from the towers. A very hard clip to watch and one that you won't forget.
Some clips could turn out to be very hard to watch for Americans as some of the clips could be interpreted as "you're not the only ones that are suffering". In particular the Egyptian and British clips that not only say that but turn the tables and say how much suffering the US has caused to other people.
I will also make a special mention to the clips from Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, India and Japan (although this last one may seem terribly out of place it actually isn't).
However, not all the clips are great and I make a special mention on the clip from Israel which, in my opinion, is extremely weak. While the idea was good (a reporter is at the scene of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv but his story gets bumped because of what happened in New York is something that a lot of us who live in countries at war can relate to) the realization is terrible. The clip ends up as just some entertainment reporter trying to get some air-time at all costs, a guy saying he's a witness and hoping that he can go on TV, and soldiers and paramedics shouting just "because". The clip fails to capture any of the drama of such a situation.
If you happen to have the chance to see it then you should, that is, unless you're a conservative in which case you'd better stay out as you might get offended. But if you're not then you might learn how many of us outside the US lived through 9/11.
That being said I think that the movie is superb with a couple of weak moments. The movie starts up with the Iranian segment which turns out to be somewhat reminiscent of Majid Majidi's work (the absolutely beautiful "heaven's children" and "the color of paradise"). Much like those 2 films the clip shows what happened through the innocent eyes of a class of Afgan refugees in Iran. Absolutely beautiful clip. Same goes for Sean Penn's clip which is superb as well. But just as some of the clips are beutiful others are absolutely brutal. Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu does the mexican clip and just like his gut-wrenching "Amores perros" he does it as brutal as he can. Most of the clip is a black screen with several sounds playing in the background. Those sounds are of the reporters and their shock as the second plane crashes, those who called home from the burning towers and left messages for their families, those who were angry....and he combines this with flashes of people jumping from the towers. A very hard clip to watch and one that you won't forget.
Some clips could turn out to be very hard to watch for Americans as some of the clips could be interpreted as "you're not the only ones that are suffering". In particular the Egyptian and British clips that not only say that but turn the tables and say how much suffering the US has caused to other people.
I will also make a special mention to the clips from Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, India and Japan (although this last one may seem terribly out of place it actually isn't).
However, not all the clips are great and I make a special mention on the clip from Israel which, in my opinion, is extremely weak. While the idea was good (a reporter is at the scene of a terrorist attack in Tel Aviv but his story gets bumped because of what happened in New York is something that a lot of us who live in countries at war can relate to) the realization is terrible. The clip ends up as just some entertainment reporter trying to get some air-time at all costs, a guy saying he's a witness and hoping that he can go on TV, and soldiers and paramedics shouting just "because". The clip fails to capture any of the drama of such a situation.
If you happen to have the chance to see it then you should, that is, unless you're a conservative in which case you'd better stay out as you might get offended. But if you're not then you might learn how many of us outside the US lived through 9/11.
As I watched MTV the past months I've noticed that you can classify 90% of the videos into 3 categories: Dance coreographies, "funny" videos (the silly funny type) and your typical slow motion, dark background with the band singing and....well...you know what I mean. In fact, sometimes it seems as the only really creative videos that have been released in the past few years have been the clips for Radiohead's Kid A and the "test specimen" and those aren't even videos!!!
Fortunately there are still very few bands and singers that know that the creative factor in the video is just as important as that of the song. And such is the case of Björk. Anyone that has ever heard her music knows that it's unique and unlike anything in the market and only unique videos would suit such music. Volumen collects 14 videos from her first 3 albums and every video is unique and wonderful. It kicks off with the well known video of "Human behaviour" and also includes other great videos like "It's oh so quiet" and it's great change of speed accompanied by musical-type scenes, or perhaps videos such as "I miss you" which is directed by the same guy that made Ren & Stimpy with R&S type cartoons. Not to mention the beautiful video "Joga" which isn't as long as the original song but is nevertheless outstanding. And that's just to name a few videos of this great collection. It's a shame though that it doesn't include the video of "All is full of love" from Homogenic which I regard as one of the best ever made, but Volumen is still worth buying......particularly if you're a Björk fan.
Fortunately there are still very few bands and singers that know that the creative factor in the video is just as important as that of the song. And such is the case of Björk. Anyone that has ever heard her music knows that it's unique and unlike anything in the market and only unique videos would suit such music. Volumen collects 14 videos from her first 3 albums and every video is unique and wonderful. It kicks off with the well known video of "Human behaviour" and also includes other great videos like "It's oh so quiet" and it's great change of speed accompanied by musical-type scenes, or perhaps videos such as "I miss you" which is directed by the same guy that made Ren & Stimpy with R&S type cartoons. Not to mention the beautiful video "Joga" which isn't as long as the original song but is nevertheless outstanding. And that's just to name a few videos of this great collection. It's a shame though that it doesn't include the video of "All is full of love" from Homogenic which I regard as one of the best ever made, but Volumen is still worth buying......particularly if you're a Björk fan.