Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, starting a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries.Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, starting a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries.Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo, starting a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries.
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An extraordinary film with the capacity to change lives
In my duties as director of the jury for the Regina International Film Festival, I write notes on the films in competition. This is an expansion on my juror notes. The 15 member jury of established and talented film makers and artists were unanimous in stating this is an extraordinary film.
I would like a statue of Captain Stavros Salomon to be raised on the south coast of Lesvos, facing south east, towards Izmir and beyond to Syria. Although only a fictional character from the mind of Brandt Andersen, Constantine Markoulakis's performance of him reaches through the fabric of reality to become the stuff that mythology is made from. I have never seen a better or more moving performance of heroism and selflessness in my life. It is a benchmark performance, like Buster Keaton in The General, Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, or Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice.
I hope this film enters the canon and takes its place on the greatest films of all time lists. I hope documentaries are made about its making. I hope every actor in it becomes a star. I hope it is studied in every film school, for each department, from hair and make up to set dec to sound mix, can be compared to the best in any film ever made. I hope the writer and director Brandt Andersen is recognized as one of the great auteurs of all time. I hope every acting student watches this film repeatedly, to examine to the tiniest detail why each performance on screen is worthy of an Oscar.
Finally, the film evokes an empathic response that is so strong, it will change peoples lives, which is exactly the stated intention of the film maker. I believe it could probably be used scientifically, to accurately predict psychopathy, in anyone unmoved. It will certainly out those who agree that refugees are all criminals and cowards deserting the task of rebuilding their countries, that agreement exposing their mountainous inhumanity.
To those critics who have been so shocked by it that they fail to be captured by its wonder, it is understandable. A film made for little money and by people you have never heard of looks like, sounds like, and is as good as the best by Spielberg? Not possible. Like watching a 9 year old in a go kart win a Formula One Grand Prix. Just not believable. The film is as believable as Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List, and every bit as good. It just strains credulity that it really is that good, especially if you are a film critic and you believe you know who all the good film makers are.
I would like a statue of Captain Stavros Salomon to be raised on the south coast of Lesvos, facing south east, towards Izmir and beyond to Syria. Although only a fictional character from the mind of Brandt Andersen, Constantine Markoulakis's performance of him reaches through the fabric of reality to become the stuff that mythology is made from. I have never seen a better or more moving performance of heroism and selflessness in my life. It is a benchmark performance, like Buster Keaton in The General, Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, or Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice.
I hope this film enters the canon and takes its place on the greatest films of all time lists. I hope documentaries are made about its making. I hope every actor in it becomes a star. I hope it is studied in every film school, for each department, from hair and make up to set dec to sound mix, can be compared to the best in any film ever made. I hope the writer and director Brandt Andersen is recognized as one of the great auteurs of all time. I hope every acting student watches this film repeatedly, to examine to the tiniest detail why each performance on screen is worthy of an Oscar.
Finally, the film evokes an empathic response that is so strong, it will change peoples lives, which is exactly the stated intention of the film maker. I believe it could probably be used scientifically, to accurately predict psychopathy, in anyone unmoved. It will certainly out those who agree that refugees are all criminals and cowards deserting the task of rebuilding their countries, that agreement exposing their mountainous inhumanity.
To those critics who have been so shocked by it that they fail to be captured by its wonder, it is understandable. A film made for little money and by people you have never heard of looks like, sounds like, and is as good as the best by Spielberg? Not possible. Like watching a 9 year old in a go kart win a Formula One Grand Prix. Just not believable. The film is as believable as Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List, and every bit as good. It just strains credulity that it really is that good, especially if you are a film critic and you believe you know who all the good film makers are.
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- michaeljhrobinson
- Jul 15, 2024
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