Redes

Was kinda blown away realizing this was made in 36 after watching so consider that a testament to its quality.

Was kinda blown away realizing this was made in 36 after watching so consider that a testament to its quality.

The nets in this film are not only used as a tool for fishing in this city but also have the workers wrapped up in the constantly exploited cycle of working for some exchange (money). Commodities are a constant in this film as there is a use in exchange for what the upper classes have to offer. A manipulation and parasitic relationship that depends on societal promise
relationship to the soviet montage that can be seen in Battleship Potemkin

The nets in this film are not only used as a tool for fishing in this city but also have the workers wrapped up in the constantly exploited cycle of working for some exchange (money). Commodities are a constant in this film as there is a use in exchange for what the upper classes have to offer. A manipulation and parasitic relationship that depends on societal promise
relationship to the soviet montage that can be seen in Battleship Potemkin

I can’t say this was the most entertaining movie ever made, but I can see the significance of it.

I can’t say this was the most entertaining movie ever made, but I can see the significance of it.

Are we all watching the same movie? I found the directing to be very poor: all of the acting is absolutely terrible, the cinematography is incredibly bland (I don't know what "amzing shots" y'all are talking about), and the pacing is awful. Add to that choppy editing and the butchering of a promising story and you've got an excruciatingly long sixty minutes. It's becoming more and more obvious that the World Cinema Project isn't about good movies, just ones that Scorsese feels have stories with social value, regardless of the quality of any of the movie making. Redes is a poorly told story with piss poor acting, zero visual flair, and was edited with a hatchet.

Are we all watching the same movie? I found the directing to be very poor: all of the acting is absolutely terrible, the cinematography is incredibly bland (I don't know what "amzing shots" y'all are talking about), and the pacing is awful. Add to that choppy editing and the butchering of a promising story and you've got an excruciatingly long sixty minutes. It's becoming more and more obvious that the World Cinema Project isn't about good movies, just ones that Scorsese feels have stories with social value, regardless of the quality of any of the movie making. Redes is a poorly told story with piss poor acting, zero visual flair, and was edited with a hatchet.

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I fish on company time!

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I fish on company time!