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You're Not a Monster (2019)
Love it! Original and worthwhile!
Love this concept and would love to see it in a longer form. The jokes are sharp, the idea is novel, and the cast is amazing! It's laugh out loud funny but there are lot of subtle jokes that reward the careful viewer.
Cuadrilátero (2004)
Impressive short about a love quadrilateral
I saw this short a few years ago at a film festival. I had a film I was taking to some festivals and this showed up at several different festivals of the same festivals I was at, and likely many more.
I don't remember it exactly but since no one has given it a comment yet, I thought that I would fill the void.
The film is about not a love triangle but a love quadrilateral.
The characters do not have names but instead are known by the letters A,B,C, and D. There is a omniscient narrator who sounds somewhat similar to the narrator in Y Tu Mama Tambien, who guides us through the story and identifies the characters by letter.
I remember thinking that the writing, cinematography, music, acting, and direction were universally wonderful. Excellent production values compared to most shorts I saw (as well as my own). On the whole, it felt like a teaser for a longer film and definitely left me wanting more.
Masala (1991)
Very different South Asian Diaspora Movie
Okay I don't like to throw around words like South Asian Diaspora but I don't know else to say it. For those of South Asian descent living in other countries, I recommend this film. It's been several years since I've seen it but it was so different that it stuck out in my memory. I've watched many of South Asian Diaspora films and few show this kind of creativity. I didn't love the film, but I really appreciated if that makes any sense. It wasn't simply trying to take advantage of South Asain identity to market itself- it was accepting it, incorporating it, and raging against it. I remember that there is South Asian character with a switchblade. That's right. I think that South Asian characters should have switchblades now and again. They shouldn't always be upset about arranged marriages (though that fertile ground is yet to be done effectively). Another poster talks about early 90's identity politics and it's probably a good place to position this critically. Certainly, a comparison can be made to "My Beautiful Laundrette" though that is a very different film. It has some of the same bravado and complexities behind it. I'm really glad to see there is another project on the horizon for this director.