{"id":3729,"date":"2009-11-29T23:15:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T04:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=3729"},"modified":"2009-11-29T22:15:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-30T03:15:07","slug":"month-of-121-shorts-visions-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/3729","title":{"rendered":"Month of 121 Shorts: Visions of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Visions of Europe<\/em> is a 2004 anthology film with shorts by various directors about the current state of the continent, which I&#8217;ve already started to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/3059\">earlier<\/a> and still may never finish.  Pretty hit or miss.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Miracle<\/em> (Martin Sulik)<\/strong><br \/>\nAn immaculate conception story, the girl&#8217;s parents and priest trying to get answers.  God&#8217;s message, via the girl, &#8220;We mustn&#8217;t build tower blocks.  The big ones must heed the small.  We need to travel more to resist the false messiah.&#8221;  Weird, kinda spooky.  Not sure if the floating coffee cup at the end helped or not.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/0911shorts050.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Anna Lives In Marghera<\/em> (Francesca Comencini)<\/strong><br \/>\nBriskly edited montage of an Italian student who participates in Rage Against The Machine-soundtracked political protests and prays when she&#8217;s not working on her thesis about industrial pollution.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/0911shorts051.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Children Lose Nothing<\/em> (Sharunas Bartas)<\/strong><br \/>\nA girl collects frogs.  Two boys fight over a girl.  A paper boat!  Finely photographed brownish little art short.  Symbolic of something!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/0911shorts052.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Room For All<\/em> (Constantine Giannaris)<\/strong><br \/>\nTalking heads tell us about the immigrant experience in Greece.  Giannaris just made a movie called <em>Gender Pop<\/em> &#8211; the title alone is more interesting than this.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Prologue<\/em> (B\u00e9la Tarr)<\/strong><br \/>\nLoooong black-and-white dolly shot (imagine that) with pretty music by Mihaly Vig showing hundreds of people waiting in line to get food.  Tibor Takacs was one name in the credits &#8211; could it be the director of <em>The Gate<\/em>?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/0911shorts095.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Invisible State<\/em> (Aisling Walsh)<\/strong><br \/>\nA serious man in a suit tells us angrily about human trafficking.  &#8220;They will tell of Irish eyes not smiling.&#8221;  Walsh made a teary Aidan Quinn drama the previous year.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/0911shorts096.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Crossroad<\/em> (Malgorzata Szumowska)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe adventures of a catholic cross outdoors at a crossroad.  Eventually some coroners take down the classic Jesus and replace it with a blobby new plastic Jesus.  Was it supposed to be funny?  I found it kinda funny.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/0911shorts097.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Paris By Night<\/em> (Tony Gatlif)<\/strong><br \/>\nImmigrants on the run, one of them injured, run through the Paris streets to some good music.  Jarmuschy.  Same year as Gatlif&#8217;s acclaimed <em>Exiles<\/em>.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/journal\/image09\/0911shorts098.jpg\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visions of Europe is a 2004 anthology film with shorts by various directors about the current state of the continent, which I&#8217;ve already started to watch earlier and still may never finish. Pretty hit or miss. The Miracle (Martin Sulik) An immaculate conception story, the girl&#8217;s parents and priest trying to get answers. 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