While the Globes news seems to be very focused on how host Ricky Gervais wasn't as insulting this year (I don't even recall him being insulting last year), the first WINNER that has caught my attention is Iranian film Nader and Simin, a Separation which was awarded for the Best Foreign Film category. It was both written and directed by film-maker Asghar Farhadi and centers around a married couple that splits up over a disagreement on leaving Iran together.
I enjoy the simplicity of the trailer, introducing by focusing tightly on the main subject through a single scene, then slowly showing bits of the following progression of the story. This helps to give a proper impression on what is expected of the film experience, rather than flashing to overly dramatic, and sometimes overly climactic events of the movie that are commonly relied on to "pull in" viewers. For me, this is always best saved until actually watching the movie to avoid false expectation. A little bit of this is always nice, however, and it seems that this trailer does a good job in doing this. It is always best for a movie trailer to neither over-amp nor sell short the over all piece, and what can be expected throughout the larger portion of the film (which is ultimately what we end up sitting through for the longest duration).
I wish more Americans would be keen to go see foreign films, let alone watch some on Netflix or through whatever other sources they might use to watch movies without necessarily leaving their homes.
Do you think that people underestimate film making? Do you think they also do the same for other forms of art, disbelieving it as an opportunity to bring forth something new about the true world? Are movies mostly looked at as a form of entertainment?
A Separation is a possible candidate for an Oscar nomination. What's your impression of it?
Photo Source: http://www.impawards.com/intl/iran/2011/nader_and_simin_ver6_xlg.html
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