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Just "watched" Afterschool (2008), because the trailer looked vaguely interesting. My god is it the slowest slice-of-life movie I've ever seen. The most interesting part about it are the IMDB reviews, which are solidly split on whether it's a fantastic piece of art or an empty waste of celluloid.
Personally I thought it conveyed the environment and the monotony of teenage school experience fairly well, with a bit of coming of age stuff thrown in, the main problem is I have no idea why anyone would actually care to watch it when the takeaway is "yup those are teenagers". There's a bit of drama from the incident in the trailer but it doesn't really go anywhere.
The camera framing is also the strangest I've ever seen, with the subjects often partially or completely off camera and excruciatingly slow pans over empty space while halting conversations are had in the background. It gives a sense of place and time, but not exactly enjoyable, much like the rest of the film.
Personally I thought it conveyed the environment and the monotony of teenage school experience fairly well, with a bit of coming of age stuff thrown in, the main problem is I have no idea why anyone would actually care to watch it when the takeaway is "yup those are teenagers". There's a bit of drama from the incident in the trailer but it doesn't really go anywhere.
The camera framing is also the strangest I've ever seen, with the subjects often partially or completely off camera and excruciatingly slow pans over empty space while halting conversations are had in the background. It gives a sense of place and time, but not exactly enjoyable, much like the rest of the film.