Automatic... Where to begin. First of all I saw this movie in Spain at the Peniscola Film Festival. My family took our annual vacation to Spain this year and we went North of Valencia to Peniscola. There were a ton of old people there and it was real touristy but there was a film festival in town and I saw about 12 movies.
I saw Mutual Appreciation and The Puffy Chair and a bunch of Spanish films. The film that impressed me most was, by far and away, Automatic. It's like watching a realized version of what I have to go through on a day to day basis with my freaky friends and crazy family.
The acting was unbelievably good. Every character was convoluted and messy and real. And the actors were really good. The dialogue was right on and each character had different motivations and ideals, all combined within each others lives.
I loved the photography as well. The images were beautiful and there was a quality to the camera motion and the images were strung together in a way that I had never seen before. There was a sort of "tangible-ness" or whatever that really played. I got the moments. I felt the scenes when things were coming apart. All based on the photography and the way the camera moved. It was cool.
And to top it all of the film won the festival. The audience really loved it. I can see why. The movie is American, but not really. There are no heroes. The crowd applauded through the credits at the end (there were no credits in the beginning which I didn't like). I looked on Netflix to recommend it to my friends but didn't find it. I'll keep looking until I find it as I want my friends, and desperately my family, to see this movie as soon as they can.
I saw Mutual Appreciation and The Puffy Chair and a bunch of Spanish films. The film that impressed me most was, by far and away, Automatic. It's like watching a realized version of what I have to go through on a day to day basis with my freaky friends and crazy family.
The acting was unbelievably good. Every character was convoluted and messy and real. And the actors were really good. The dialogue was right on and each character had different motivations and ideals, all combined within each others lives.
I loved the photography as well. The images were beautiful and there was a quality to the camera motion and the images were strung together in a way that I had never seen before. There was a sort of "tangible-ness" or whatever that really played. I got the moments. I felt the scenes when things were coming apart. All based on the photography and the way the camera moved. It was cool.
And to top it all of the film won the festival. The audience really loved it. I can see why. The movie is American, but not really. There are no heroes. The crowd applauded through the credits at the end (there were no credits in the beginning which I didn't like). I looked on Netflix to recommend it to my friends but didn't find it. I'll keep looking until I find it as I want my friends, and desperately my family, to see this movie as soon as they can.