Watched The Killer of Sheep a few days ago, and it left me largely unimpressed. I mean, it's a good movie, but after reading all the posts here I was expecting something, huh, different... more powerful or something. Maybe there are a few cultural references that I didn't get, who knows.
And the subtitles did help!
of course, different strokes....
but i thought Burnett did a fantastic job of catching a mood, especially when the camera was on children. the scenes of children at play were very powerful. he understood when to just set up the camera and film their play, instead of imposing a script (for the most part).
and when the children were working from a script, it seemed natural and spontaneous (particularily the little girl).
the film did a great job of capturing the inevitable journey of being corralled,
slaughtered and hung up into adulthood.
or, I think too much.
on a side note, I finally saw
Me and You and Everyone We Know.
excellent, worthy of the hype.
and I may now have a little crush on Miranda July.
but you probably didn't need to know that.
