Still
- Episode aired Sep 28, 2012
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1.8 Still by Naomi Iizuka: Nicely written and honestly delivered piece
As with so many of the film in this engaging series, I come to them unsure of what I am going to find and unusually ignorant of who the writer is; I'm being honest – I'd love to pretend I am some great reader and consumers of plays, but most of the names don't ring a bell. So it was with this film and the writer Iizuka, an unknown quantity to me. In these cases I cling to the question which is posed at the end of ever film (I guess as a reminder of the series), which is "who are you America?", the question given to the writers to stimulate their work here.
In this case we see a woman who has worked in many different jobs and has kept mobile across US; she is an older woman but it is a character that will feel familiar to many in younger generations since it seems a lot rarer now that we would only have one career or stay in the place we happened to be born. This busy but enjoyable life that we hear about reminded me of the many opportunities to move within the US, to experience so many different places all without the need for a passport, work visa or second language. The film delivers this character well, so that it is more effective when we follow her to a different place, a place of peace and stillness where all of that noise fades and what is there instead feels so much more natural and relaxing. Again I could relate to the early morning work schedule being like a different world – it is many years since I worked very early mornings, but it is a feeling that is memorable – to be on streets at 4am when few others are awake.
In this way the short film is quite touching and I think even if your connection to the characters' experiences are not there, the performance from Chalfant is so natural and convincing that it is hard not to be taken in by her description and emotion. Like many of the films thus far, the material is delivered in one take and is better for it because it adds to the feeling that this is just a real person talking about their experiences in a way that is honest and revealing.
In this case we see a woman who has worked in many different jobs and has kept mobile across US; she is an older woman but it is a character that will feel familiar to many in younger generations since it seems a lot rarer now that we would only have one career or stay in the place we happened to be born. This busy but enjoyable life that we hear about reminded me of the many opportunities to move within the US, to experience so many different places all without the need for a passport, work visa or second language. The film delivers this character well, so that it is more effective when we follow her to a different place, a place of peace and stillness where all of that noise fades and what is there instead feels so much more natural and relaxing. Again I could relate to the early morning work schedule being like a different world – it is many years since I worked very early mornings, but it is a feeling that is memorable – to be on streets at 4am when few others are awake.
In this way the short film is quite touching and I think even if your connection to the characters' experiences are not there, the performance from Chalfant is so natural and convincing that it is hard not to be taken in by her description and emotion. Like many of the films thus far, the material is delivered in one take and is better for it because it adds to the feeling that this is just a real person talking about their experiences in a way that is honest and revealing.
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