{"id":4617,"date":"2010-06-01T23:45:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T03:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2010-06-07T23:11:33","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T03:11:33","slug":"shorts-watched-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/4617","title":{"rendered":"Shorts watched May 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uncle Ali<\/em> (2000, Cheick Oumar Sissoko)<\/strong>
\nCheikh’s uncle is super sick from AIDS, comes to live with his family after the uncle’s neighbors boot him from his apartment. Cheikh learns a bit about STDs, prejudice and love. The kid is Alioune Ndiaye of The Price of Forgiveness<\/em> and Uncle Ali is Guelwaar<\/a><\/em> himself, Thierno Ndiaye (also of Karmen Gei<\/em> and Africa Paradis<\/a><\/em>).
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The Heart of the Matter<\/em> (2004, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)<\/strong>
\nIt’s all monologue voiceover, and the voice acting isn’t the best. Actually all these “Scenarios from Africa” shorts online have been dubbed into English. I also checked out a Sissako (Good Reasons<\/em>) and an Idrissa Ouedraogo (The Shop<\/em>) from this series and none are interesting at all except as educational tools. Anyway, this one stars the mute girl from Haroun’s Abouna<\/a><\/em>. It’s twice as long as the others, so I figured it’d have time to develop into more of an actual movie than a flimsy PSA, but no luck.
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I’m Here<\/em> (2010, Spike Jonze)<\/strong>
\nWhere did this half-hour love story come from? Maybe Spike felt the need to create something personal after working on Where The Wild Things Are<\/a><\/em> for years of his life. Awkward, traditional boy robot falls in love with rule-breaking girl robot. The twist comes when she keep losing limbs and he gives her his own to replace them, until finally she’s in a wheelchair, and he’s nothing but a head. Played at Sundance – somehow supposed to be an ad for a vodka company, but I didn’t see that.
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Letter From Hong Kong<\/em> (2010, Jimmy Lo)<\/strong>
\nComes complete with deleted scenes of food, family and kitties. I liked the camera on the spinning table. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie where the cameraman sneezes before.
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