At the Golden Globes, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho challenged audiences, “Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” That o…
At the Golden Globes, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho challenged audiences, “Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” That obstacle may exist in most of the feature categories , but when it comes to shorts, the Academy doesn’t have quite the same hang-ups about whom to nominate. Sadly, that open-mindedness doesn’t seem to translate to voting.
,” making for a dramatic tone change going into Tunisian-American filmmaker Meryam Joobeur’s relatively challenging Arabic-language drama. In both cases, the directors don’t try to give audiences the full picture, but instead suggest the illusion of a larger story by leaving some details unexplained. “” may actually be a bit too obtuse in places, as Joobeur baits us to jump to certain stereotype-based conclusions with the intention of proving our assumptions false.
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