This movie was terribly long & dull for me.
2 things have really bothered me:
· the directing of Gitai: either he shoots big & long close-ups, either he does long wide empty frames (the road, a flag .). For me, it was not a "Free Zone" because I saw only what he wanted me to see. I couldn't make any feelings of Jordania because we don't see it.. The worst: when he mixes two shoots on the same frame (a talk between Natalie and her boyfriend & the eternal windows car ) With that, you see none of them
· the story of Gitai: again, he doesn't write a story that anyone can relate but imposes its own feeling. When you see that the film begins with 8 minutes of Natalie crying in a passenger seat & that the female driver has no words for her, you know that the characterization is stupid . Any human feeling, either Jewish, Arab, American, french or whatever you like, would have been simple: "Why do you cry? Be strong. You are not alone.. I am with you.. Can I help .". Personally, I couldn't get into those crazy characters and the following road trip wouldn't deny it..
In conclusion, when a director tells me "it is my vision or nothing", well, I am free & I choose "nothing".
2 things have really bothered me:
· the directing of Gitai: either he shoots big & long close-ups, either he does long wide empty frames (the road, a flag .). For me, it was not a "Free Zone" because I saw only what he wanted me to see. I couldn't make any feelings of Jordania because we don't see it.. The worst: when he mixes two shoots on the same frame (a talk between Natalie and her boyfriend & the eternal windows car ) With that, you see none of them
· the story of Gitai: again, he doesn't write a story that anyone can relate but imposes its own feeling. When you see that the film begins with 8 minutes of Natalie crying in a passenger seat & that the female driver has no words for her, you know that the characterization is stupid . Any human feeling, either Jewish, Arab, American, french or whatever you like, would have been simple: "Why do you cry? Be strong. You are not alone.. I am with you.. Can I help .". Personally, I couldn't get into those crazy characters and the following road trip wouldn't deny it..
In conclusion, when a director tells me "it is my vision or nothing", well, I am free & I choose "nothing".