Where should I begin? In my personal opinion, Beshkempir was a very good film. It was probably one of my favorites so far, actually. I thought that the film seemed to be very well constructed, had an interesting story line, and was really creative in terms of visual techniques.
First of all, Beshkempir's journey of self-discovery in the film was intriguing to watch on screen. His awkward relationships with his parents and the strong bond he shared with his grandmother (seemingly one of the only people who really understood him) were conveyed beautifully on screen, while the ending to the film can be considered somewhat bittersweet in a sense. The reasoning for this is because even though Beshkempir loses his grandmother, he starts to form a bond with Aynura, the girl he is interested in, sort of providing him with a renewed sense of comfort or the feeling that he has someone in his life that he can trust. It almost seemed like a new beginning for Beshkempir.
Aside from the story itself, the use of color in this film was quite creative and made the film even more interesting than it already was. I have seen the mix of black and white with color in movies before, but have rarely seen it utilized in such a unique way. I will admit that even though I enjoyed this element of the film, I was initially unaware of what the significance behind the use of color was. After reading the supplemental readings, more specifically the review, it makes the film seem even more powerful knowing that the director often used color to highlight details pertaining to Beshkempir's grandmother, who seemed like one of the most fascinating characters in the film, if you ask me.
I could probably go on about some of the other visual aspects of this film as well, because there were plenty of them that I found to be really fascinating, but it seems like I always talk about the visual elements of the movies more than anything, so I won't get into that this time. Overall, I thought the film as a whole was really good, so I'll just leave it at that.
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I agree completely the film was very well done. It was visually apealling and intriguing. As for the use of color I noticed right away but that is because I read the supplemental readings while watching the film so I was back and forth. As for him growing up through the film you are correct, he did learn alot and I enjoyed this aspect of the film. The film was really good and i think that the director did really well in showing all sides of how the parents felt as well as Beshkempir and the grandmother.
ReplyDeleteProbably on of the most interesting so far, Beshkempir certainly is an intriguing film. The color technique has been used before in other films I've watched but until I read one of the supplements I had a different idea on what the colors represented. Mainly I believed they represented innocence that Beshkempir was slowly moving away from. Outside of that, the story seemed hard to swallow, it was another subject that is tough or some to watch and deal with it.
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