1 & 2 For me, these pictures showed what this documentary had the potential to be in terms of visual storytelling rich in texture.

And in my opinion it failed to deliver.

I found the story very compelling. Except the way it was carried out in terms of cinematography and editing choices fell short.

For a two-hour documentary there was an overwhelming amount of medium shots and lots of people 'talking' about things that could have been shown in an organic and behavioral way through action and image.

I would have much preferred in 3 to see the float glass rather than see a person driving a vehicle and talking about it.

Or in 4, why am I looking at a group of workers going about an ordinary day at work for a good few minutes, while the story in the VO is about the significant fire safety hazards resulting from architectural issues? Then I would rather see what about the building, exits and entrances poses this risk.

5 is an example of moments that really worked for me. It captured a person engaging in an activity that is part of the story = show don't tell principle.

This is my drawing “American Factory” Medium: Pencil, Permanent Markers on Paper #factory #american #americanfactory #americana #usa #america #americanart #art #artist #artgallery #draw #drawing #pencildrawing #inkdrawing #pencildrawing #cubism #modernarchitecture #modernartist #contemporary #architecture (at Springfield, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKPO4XpHGc/?utm_medium=tumblr

Há alguns anos, o Hollywood é Aqui cobre, no teatro da Academia em Los Angeles, os eventos da semana do Oscar, que prestigiam, algumas categorias, entre elas, documentário (curta e longa). Mas, o evento da última terça foi especial, pois pela primeira vez um documentário brasileiro está entre os indicados. A diretora Pietra Costa apresentou seu Democracia em Vertigem e arrancou aplausos da plateia. Estavam lá também os diretores e produtores de For Sama e The Cave, ambos relatos emocionantes sobre a Síria, Honeyland, também indicado na categoria filme estrangeiro e Indústria Americana, o favorito, que eu particularmente discordo. Confiram nosso encontro com essas feras, cineastas talentosos que tem uma habilidade pra lá de especial de retratar com ternura e realismo fatos marcantes e a trajetória de pessoas inspiradoras. Link na nossa bio. 🤩🎬 #oscars2020 #documentaries #edgeofdemocracy #forsama #thecave #honeyland #americanfactory #netflix #netflixbrasil #oscars (at Ampas Samuel Goldwyn Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8P-rhBDpv0/?igshid=qxku2apwciso

2019: The Year in Film

It’s that time again — truthfully, this is a bit late — but I’d rather get this out into the world rather than letting more time go by. Anyways — here are my film awards and musings on the final year of the decade in film:

Netflix had an amazing year, that extends their amazing last year (ROMA was my fave movie of last year by the way) and really cements their role in bringing great non-superhero films to the marketplace.The mid-budget drama can live happily on streaming — which is a bit a shame, but it’s better than a total disappearance.

Joker was cinematic, brilliant, and intoxicating — and I loved it, a minority opinion on the film web — but it was just the shot in the arm that these origin stories needed.

Marriage Story seemed like it was built for me, but felt oddly mannered, strangely constructed and cold. Strange because Baumbach’s last Netflix movie was just my cup of tea.

Little Women grew on me. At first, I didn’t love it, but it was so gorgeously adapted, and Greta Gerwig explained it so beautifully on the Scriptnotes podcast that it helped me understand so much more about what she was trying to achieve. I strongly suggest reading her beautiful script.

Emile Mosseri’s score for The Last Black Man in San Francisco is utterly remarkable and sounds like nothing released at the movies in 2019. Perhaps one of my favourite scores ever! And I LOVE movie scores. It’s also Mosseri’s first movie score! Go listen!

For the first time in a long while, I LOVED a Christian Bale performance — his work in Ford vs. Ferrari was tons of fun. I didn’t mind the movie either.

Jojo Rabbit was a big miss for me — but I think Taika Waititi is brilliant and I can’t wait to see what’s next.

Yes, I know, far too many English language movies on this list.

Here’s my full top ten + 1 list.

The Irishman

Parasite

The Farewell

Joker

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

American Factory

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

The Two Popes

Midsommar

Knives Out

Les Miserables

The Awards

Best Picture: The Irishman Best Director: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite Best Actor: Robert DeNiro, The Irishman Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, US Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci, The Irishman Best Supporting Actress: Shuzhen Zhao, The Farewell Best Ensemble Cast: Parasite Best Original Screenplay: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite Best Adapted Screenplay: Greta Gerwig, Little Women Best Original Score: Emile Mosseri, The Last Black Man in San Francisco Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, 1917 Best Film Editing: Yang Jinmo, Parasite Best Art Direction: Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Best Costume Design: Arianne Philips, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Best Sound: FORD vs. FERRARI

A todos, boa noite! Depois da derrota do mentiroso documentário da PeTralha Costa nos Academy Awards de ontem, convido vocês a visitarem o Portal Administradores, para conferir (ou reconferir) meu texto publicado em setembro do ano passado sobre o grande vencedor do Oscar 2020 de Melhor Documentário. INDÚSTRIA AMERICANA (AMERICAN FACTORY) | 2019 - Com a Economia em Frangalhos, A Mão de Obra Norte-Americana Agoniza https://administradores.com.br/artigos/ind%C3%BAstria-americana-com-a-economia-em-frangalhos-a-m%C3%A3o-de-obra-norte-americana-agoniza #IndustriaAmericana #AmericanFactory #stevebognar #juliareichert #Crítica #Review #PortalAdministradores #Documentario #Netflix #AcademyAwards #MundodosNegócios #Business #BusinessCinema #Administração #Movies #Filmes #Cinema #cult #culture #art #entertainment #OsFilmesdoKacic #OsFilmesdoKacic https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZxvKVFIfN/?igshid=ftn4c4thzkq1

Film produced by Barack and Michelle Obama wins award for Best Documentary at the Oscars Netflix's "American Factory", produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company took home the award for best documentary at the 92nd Oscars. Sunday night's award is the first Academy Award for the Obamas’ production company, Higher Ground. The Obamas were not present at Sunday's event but the film’s co-directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert were there to accept the award. Accepting the award, Reichert said, "Working people have it harder and harder these days — and we believe that things will get better when workers of the world unite." Michelle Obama sent her congratulations, tweeting: "The best stories are rarely tidy or perfect. But that’s where the truth so often lies." Participant Media was also a producer on the film and Participant CEO David Linde said in a statement: "We are deeply humbled and grateful to the Academy for this exciting honour. At Participant, we believe that storytelling has the ever-important opportunity to spark positive social change in our world today. We are incredibly proud of ‘American Factory,’ and congratulate Steve, Julia, Jeff and our friends and colleagues at Netflix and Higher Ground for helping us shed light on these important issues worldwide and here at home." … . Link in Bio #lucipost #celebrities #celebrity #oscars #oscar #oscars2020 #americanfactory https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ZwyKoJUPG/?igshid=1cuulit4hjdi0

#Repost @filmdayton: Julia and Steve on the Red Carpet tonight at the Academy Awards tonight. We are so very proud of them! #AmericanFactory #OhioFilmmakers #Netflix #ParticipantMedia #HigherGrounds #Oscars #Oscars2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/B8X3lP3JuhI5P59L2pw9migX4q_9qUMiYAOSX40/?igshid=tghiw0ly120v

#AmericanFactory gana el Oscar 🌟 como mejor documental. @theacademy . . . . #documentary #juliareichert #stevenbognar #awards #awardseason #temporadadepremios #oscars #oscares #hollywood #panamá #panama #pty #507 #panamacity #panama507 #panama🇵🇦 #geek #geeks (en Panama City, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XpkHQhPhj/?igshid=1l6p8atv1qwwl

#Oscars2020 alla fine #AmericanFactory è riuscito a vincere sui suoi rivali Honeyland e For Sama vincendo nella categoria #BestDocumentary e facendo così fruttare i suoi 2 Critics Choice Documentary Awards https://t.co/BxPApSmg9t https://www.instagram.com/p/B8XoFDYIbwT/?igshid=1qs5wsnrl0w8g

#ElOscarEsPara #AmericanFactory #MejorDocumental #Oscars2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Xn8vBgOOC/?igshid=1uw8oxziecbwl

AMERICAN FACTORY #americanfactory Intriguing story of the clash of two cultures...if it were only unique to America. East vs. West - who will win? Basically, the one who has the most money according to this documentary. Yep, I give it 4 out of 5 non-union factories. @netflix #movies #movie #moviereview #moviereviews #cinema #cinephile #films #movieoftheday #photography #picoftheday #pohtooftheday #pics #fotos #photos #hmmr19 #instamovie #documentary #fuyao (at Dayton, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2V7qL6FA2l/?igshid=4x1nn25uj4af

滿佩服這些內部的東西都拍得出來！ #兩個大國的現實交流 #福耀 #職場 #FY #FUYAO #fuyaoglass #OHIYO #americanfactory #人資 #企業社會責任 #企業責任 #工會 #union #勞資關係 #相害為其利 https://www.instagram.com/p/B2TxEpOHaFzoKxas-RJU_qc62YPPqjcvp72y9k0/?igshid=p846ij8tvdcq

Peut-être que c'est bien que les Américains préfèrent le confort à tout le reste... (Maybe it's good that Americans prefer comfort over everything else) #vivelarevolution #liberteegalitefraternite #freedomlibertyandjusticeforall #socialjusticewarrior #自由 #自由＃手足情谊 #革命万岁 #americanfactory #obamafilms #fuyaoglass #工人权利 #droitsdestravailleurs #gilletsjaunes #gilletsnoires (at West Town, Chicago) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1urm9hg75u/?igshid=1ftk3rmygbunr

The ultimate truth is that we have to reorganize in our minds what it means to be rich and also profitable. We are looking for raises while the corporation is looking for cost efficiency and profit margin. Do the knowledge. . . . . . #Industry4.0 #automation #Omegasunslight #FutureFlowShow #Innovation #AmericanFactory #Documentarie https://www.instagram.com/p/B1uqEqeg6kY/?igshid=1p2eglxdeo8ww

A todos, boa noite de domingão! Hoje convido vocês a visitarem o Portal Administradores, para conferir meu novo texto sobre este excelente documentário recém-lançado na Netflix, que discorre sobre as dificuldades do operário de manufatura norte-americano e o delicado momento econômico do país.  INDÚSTRIA AMERICANA (AMERICAN FACTORY) | 2019 - Com a Economia em Frangalhos, A Mão de Obra Norte-Americana Agoniza https://administradores.com.br/artigos/ind%C3%BAstria-americana-com-a-economia-em-frangalhos-a-m%C3%A3o-de-obra-norte-americana-agoniza #IndustriaAmericana #AmericanFactory #Crítica #Review #PortalAdministradores #Documentary #StevenBognar #JuliaReichert #BarackObama #Netflix #MundodosNegócios #Business #BusinessCinema #Administração #Culture #Art #Movies #Filmes #Cinema #Entertainment #OsFilmesdoKacic https://www.instagram.com/p/B2c3N6UFlTw/?igshid=oojch2l8q3pw