Born Into Brothels:
When we first heard about our movie week, I had no idea what movies were going to be playing or anything like that. When I looked at the list of movies, I just chose the three that jumped out at me. The first movie I saw on Tuesday morning was Born Into Brothels. I absolutely loved this movie and would highly recommend it to everyone. It's sad to see what kinds of things go on around our world. For anyone who thinks their life is hard, they need to see what this movie is all about. The movie is about a photographer named Zana Briskidsf, who had lived in the brothels for the past few years and was trying to make a change for the children living there. Their were a group of children which she became close with. She had given them all point and shoot cameras and was teaching them how to properly take photos. Some of these children were very good considering they have never used a camera before in their life. They had fun looking at thier contact sheets and saying what they liked and did not like in each others photographs. It was hard for me to see how these children were being treated and some of the names they were being called, by thier own parents. Very sad. They were just kids and some of them worked their fingers to the bone. Zana tried very hard to get these kids into a boarding school so they could get a better education for themselves. Some got accepted but sure enough their parents had either pulled them out or they just left on their own. The movie was great and if I can find it anywhere I will definitely buy it, and of course highly recommend it.
Pecker:
This was the second movie that I saw called Pecker, what a name for a movie. I had no idea what this movie was about or what I was getting into with a title like that. I must say though, I rather enjoyed this movie alot. It had it's moments that's forsure. The movie is about a guy named Pecker who loves photography and photographs everything from his girlfriend, to his family, his grandma, strip clubs and just about everything you can think of. A small gallery of his was being held at his place of work for everyone in town to come and see. That's when Pecker got discovered by an art director from New York. He was getting paid for his work and thought things were going great. But they weren't. I found this movie to be quite good and humorous at the same time. I didn't like the fact that you never saw Pecker change his roll of film though, I wish our cameras could just shoot forever. Overall the story line of this film was entertaining I thought. I'm glad I chose a funny movie to start out my day.
Manufactured Landscapes:
This movie was not really what I was expecting it to be. The movie was about a guy named Edward Burtynsky who is a photographer. In the movie he is photographing a factory in China. I really loved the shot of all the workers waiting to get into the factory. Their were hundreds of people all in groups getting ready for this photograph. Ed had some stunning images of landscapes, the materials that are no good anymore and of hills of tires and old pieces of plastic. Who would have thought that an image of a pile of tires would be anything good? I did, I loved that shot. It was amazing how huge that factory really was, I couldn't believe how long it took for them to go from one end of the factory to the other, and how many people actually worked there. It was an interesting movie, at times a little slower but decent overall. The movie really showed me that as a photographer you could capture some really interesting compositions wherever you might be. I love landscape/nature photography and some of Edwards images really jumped out at me. I would recommend this movie for everyone to see.
