By: THE 2011 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS – Hammer to Nail

THE 2011 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS – Hammer to Nail — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:38:15 +0000

[…] 12. Redland (Asiel Norton, 15 points/2 mentions) — Though the influence of its cinematic forebears is readily apparent, nary a film comes to mind whose approach is as singularly visual as Asiel Norton’s Redland. Words prove woefully insufficient in conveying its imagistic intensity, but a few descriptions nonetheless come to mind: an aged photograph come to life, key aspects of which are out of focus or otherwise difficult to discern; a visual tone poem saturated in golden light from the seemingly alien sun hovering over it. Complemented by ruminative voiceovers that serve mostly as further reminders of words’ inability to express what images so easily can, this light dominates tonally as well as visually. And though they lean into the sun, Norton’s characters aren’t basking in its glow so much as avoiding the innate darkness contained within: Redland is defined by its light, but it’s also painfully aware of its shadow. (Michael Nordine) Read The Full HTN Review […]

By: gilawindowfilm

gilawindowfilm — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:46:00 +0000

I’m not finished read this yet, but it’s so fabulous ‘n I’ll back again when I was finished my job :D

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By: THE 2011 HAMMER TO NAIL AWARDS – Hammer to Nail

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