Review of Medium Cool (1969) by Andy S — 27 Nov 2017
There's history written on the face of everything and everyone. This phrase is what I kind of took from this great movie.
The different camera techniques and unique use of different lenses is what makes this movie that much more interesting to watch. The cinematography is wonderful as well. As always, the technicolor makes everything look beautiful.
It's interesting to see the different shades of life portrayed in this movie. Like how the poor family lives their life humbly without asking for much. And how the camera guys are just trying to do their jobs. And how the black community are just trying to live.
This movie is very insightful in showing the lives of not only the ones who are fighting for equal rights and for war to end, but also the lives of everyone and anyone. It's obviously a political movie but that's only on the surface. When you start digging in deep, you see what the movie is really about.
I think it's absolutely genius, brilliant, and innovative how the director was able to tie in the mother's story into something politically profound that was really going on in the real world. It was a piece of history seen right there, right before our very eyes. And it's so amazing seeing this mother who has no idea what's going on amidst the chaos of people and cops, she just wants to find her little boy. There's something very profound in watching that.
Overall, a very important and still relevant piece of essential cinema history. It hasn't aged one bit since.
This review of Medium Cool (1969) was written by Andy S on 27 Nov 2017.
Medium Cool has generally received very positive reviews.
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