I dragged my daughter along to see "Flow" this evening... I say 'dragged' - a 'U' rated movie about a cute cat was an easy sell... It was definitely not the movie she was expecting, nor I expecting for her. For me, it was a visually stunning, sad, thought-provoking, treat of magical realism. For her it was 90 minutes of watching a cute cat nearly drown over-and-over again.
I went to see it because it was rendered using the Blender software that I use, and because it looked interesting:
I think it is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It was beautiful, sad, and atmospheric. The story-line is rich in metaphor and magical realism. I loved the use of metaphor and allegory - like a lot of magical realism, it had a wonderfully consistent symbolism, which was beautifully understated - it wasn't a case of looking at it and saying "oh, this means that", it was more a case of watching and thinking "oh, we've seen that motif before, I need to take it away and unwrap what it means". It was captivating in it's 'plain meaning', but promised so much more to be enjoyed after rumination.
It made me ashamed of how shallow and insipid my art it. It made me want to do so much better. I know I have it in me to make work that is so much richer, I need to push myself harder.
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