1. In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
Something that inmediatly caught my attention was the color pallete and the whole atmosphere that the film presented. Very colorful, and very cheerful, regardless of the socioeconomical situation of the characters. The music also added to the overall quality of the film. Camera wise, since thats my thing, the use of zoom ins and zoom outs, optically, worked a lot better than what I'm used to with such technique.
Something that disappointed me about the film is that the final act went chaotic, which is a departure from the rest of the story. I also didn't like that the end was like "it was all a movie" but thats personal prefference.
2. Who's your favorite character from the film?
Overall I didn't particularly like any of the characters by themselves, all of them were kind of erratic and lacked a consistent appearence other than the protagonist, however I liked the misterious appearence of Jose, with it's excentric hair style and subtle threats towards the protagonist. A true gangster from where he is from, handing guns to Ivan, being also a middleman to some of the things other characters need, and yet being the traitor of the story.
3. Would you recommend this movie?
I would, there is definetly something unique about it, wether it's the aesthetics, the acting, the music, everything as a whole creates an atmosphere that submerges the spectator on the country.
Unfortunately caribbean films are mostly ignored by the general population, specially here in Chile. Also I think it sets an example of a truly national film, embracing their culture, something that I think Chile lacks because of how inequal our society is. While it's definetly different in quality, I couldn't help but think of the brazilian film "City of god". I'd warn them about how cheesy it can become from time to time, mostly towards the end, but still has it's charm to it.
4. How does this film contribute to postcolonial identity?
One important thing is that apparently the actors used were common people, so this way it shows an authentic portrayal of Jamaican culture and according to nytimes, it was the first independent, homemade, Jamaican film that, while it was directer by a white person, it was co-written by Trevor Rhone, a Jamaican writer, making it a first step for the nation's culture and a kickstart of their industry
Nice blog Andy! I have to agree with the great job done in the color palette and atmosphere created in the film. In my review i wasn't thinking on how the colors makes the movie a lot more cheerful, and that is an important point, because the Rastafari movement utilizes very saturated colors in their culture and the images that they produce, that helped Jamaica to form their own identity after the recently overcome colonialism.
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