Most recent public comments by yoshiko yoshida https://nowcomment.com/users/19175 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525662 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525662 Fri, 20 May 2016 20:12:13 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525661 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525661 i think it refers to the creativity of connecting each shots, sounds and effects. If you approach whichever subject from numerous angles, something you didn’t expect can be noticed and ultimately used for another stories. Fri, 20 May 2016 20:02:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525653 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525653 i think it is the same statement as "seeing is believing." It is known that even if you hear it over a hundred times, it is always better to witness it once. But it is also problem when people think they can believe whatever they witnessed. Impression is always different depend on the individual. Fri, 20 May 2016 19:44:49 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525650 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43742?scroll_to=525650 i think the meaning of materialist reasons here is that as our society evolved over a period, documentary film also had to evolve for a quality wise. Like we have better equipments and knowledge than before. Fri, 20 May 2016 19:37:42 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43761?scroll_to=525649 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43761?scroll_to=525649 I think one of the ironies here is that despite the feeling of this film – fun, upbeat and interesting to see and it is almost looking like an commercial, but that is not how you think of Communist Russia. Fri, 20 May 2016 19:27:19 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525631 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525631 The fascist aesthetic in Olympia is Hitler’s ideal Germany. Throughout the Olympia, it shows that how they are solid and high quality of beauty and youth. I think that is why the film didn’t focus on each sport’s result- Riefenstahl mainly edited with shots of human form. Fri, 20 May 2016 19:12:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525630 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525630 I think it was one of his campaign as a leader. Filming is great way to show the different side of Nazi and promote themselves to the world. And it also shows that they are still powerful in the sports – unflattering dominance. Fri, 20 May 2016 19:06:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525628 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525628 I don’t think she is only used the Olympic as a pretext for propaganda – but the way she focuses on one man, and having various angle shots of him instead of taking other players. But I still can see the aesthetics in the film so I don’t think the purpose of making film is just propaganda. Fri, 20 May 2016 19:00:15 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525626 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525626 Despite Olympia is great movie because of the use of the techniques, but the film is controversial due to its political context. To create this movie, Hitler and Nazis’ participation was necessary. Olympia is made to disguise the real aspect of Germany – to show their unity. Fri, 20 May 2016 18:55:39 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525624 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525624 I think Olympia is an art because there are small details like engaging its audience through varying camera angles towards the player and it leads to the result of an engaging visual experience. Also we can see the art of human through the sports. Fri, 20 May 2016 18:45:46 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525621 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525621 Olympia was called a propaganda film because it was made by Nazis – it applauds the success of Germany, and this eventually support them as a “great nation.” Fri, 20 May 2016 18:41:50 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525616 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525616 The beauty of human body. I think Riedenstahl successfully visualized the beauty of real-nature of human beings. Fri, 20 May 2016 18:37:12 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525611 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525611 She uses the details like engaging its audience through varying camera angles towards the player were well accounted for, resulting in an engaging visual experience and more exciting than the event it covers. Fri, 20 May 2016 18:30:38 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525601 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525601 In Triumph of the Will, it was more about Hitler – how he acted and how people react to it and treat him as God. However, on one hand, in the Olympia it was more about the unity of the athletes and nation – Hitler was just part of it. But I don’t know if that means the two films are ideological opposites. Fri, 20 May 2016 18:21:26 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525594 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525594 I think reality that we can see is that athletes in this film are extraordinary and their beauty of human for is different from non-athlete people. Fri, 20 May 2016 18:07:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525589 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525589 Fri, 20 May 2016 18:00:42 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525577 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525577 Fri, 20 May 2016 17:45:05 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525575 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525575 Olympics is where they compete their skill of each sports. But the film shows more about human body’s form, how they run, how they throw the javelin, etc. Especially when Riefenstahl uses slow motion and close-up angle. Fri, 20 May 2016 17:41:08 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525574 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525574 This film moves to the certain rhythm by showing slow motion of the player. And emphasizing the beauty of human body by slow motion is what the laws of aesthetics is here I guess. Fri, 20 May 2016 17:34:10 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525565 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43785?scroll_to=525565 I think the film begins from showing the very early beginning of the Olympics. As the film approach to the end, it shows the modern society. Its high good point is when Jesse Owens plays a javelin throw. The least dramatic events were Hitler’s scene. Fri, 20 May 2016 17:21:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525484 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525484 The film did present the scene that Riefenstahi didn’t speak the truth. So I guess the film present Riefenstahi as a liar? But presentation of different sides of hers reveals the real side of her life. She was just passionated about making good film. Fri, 20 May 2016 16:38:52 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525483 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525483 I believe it is hard to separate politics and art because art always occurs across historical eras and cultures. In fact, the film is already an art and Riefenstahi is making one to portrait the political aspect. Fri, 20 May 2016 16:29:18 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525480 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525480 The way she controlled her acting is the skepticism expressed I guess. She tries to give the sense of herself of being innocent but from the film, we all know that her personality is she pursues whatever she want until she gets it. Fri, 20 May 2016 16:17:49 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525478 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525478 She doesn’t like to do what is being told to do. She has her way to act and very consistent about it. And when I see her work and her character, I feel like she is presenting “fake” her – but that is still “her.” Fri, 20 May 2016 16:09:05 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525475 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525475 I feel like this film justifies the defense of Riefenstahi. She was the one of only few people, who gets access to Hitler but that was to make better film. By seeing many aspects of Germany she made a choice of getting distanced from them. Fri, 20 May 2016 15:59:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525469 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525469 I think Riefenstahi was more like trying to make good film. Perhaps she thinks that having such an incredible character as the central character like Hitler plays a part in the movie’s appeal. And in order to get the character, she needed to show them respect in her way. Fri, 20 May 2016 15:42:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525464 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43790?scroll_to=525464 I think the film did support this conclusion. She showed various emotions of hers in the film and trying not to be controlled by. It gives us the sense of how she consider the consequences of her work. Fri, 20 May 2016 15:35:21 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525360 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525360 I think the film begin so quietly to show the daily-life of British people. And it contrasts well with the scenes later and show Jennings’ purpose in this film. Fri, 20 May 2016 12:41:38 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525354 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525354 The importance of singing in this film is showing how they devoted to the war. They don’t know how they will end up – there is nervousness but up beat song also gives the sense of bravery. Fri, 20 May 2016 12:34:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525351 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525351 The role of natural sound in this film makes viewers feel like they are also part of in the scenes. Fri, 20 May 2016 12:22:56 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525348 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525348 The reality is obviously what happened in Britain by the Germans. Adding spice to real-life scenarios by editing each scenes, that is scripted. This makes the film a bit more dramatic and gives viewer better understanding to the event. Fri, 20 May 2016 12:13:01 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525301 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525301 I think the British spirit is solidarity and community. People at that period tired of continually interrupting their sleep to go back and forth to their work. Women are the good example of this British spirit. In the film, they didn’t stop working even though there was imminent danger to their lives. Fri, 20 May 2016 11:08:45 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525299 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525299 For example, despite it was not usual for women to work at this period, in the film, they were doing deskwork. Even when they sensed the imminent danger, they didn’t stop their work – it tells the importance of each individual. Each of them working together to help out others. Fri, 20 May 2016 10:57:36 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525293 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525293 The essence of the heroism is a ruthless dedication to reality and to the accurate necessities of our lives – in the film, people didn’t question about devoting their life to the war just like their singing lyrics shows. At this period, it was what they had to do, and I think that will eventually lead to the heroism. Fri, 20 May 2016 10:48:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525278 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43792?scroll_to=525278 I think the power of documentary films is that they reveal audiences to real-life scenarios. The Jennings war film inspires a new understanding of viewer’s world and showed the impact of each scene rather than explaining them. Fri, 20 May 2016 10:33:12 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525257 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525257 Triumph of the Will indicates fascist – German’s leader Hitler. He was leader, fascist and God to them. On one hand, Why We Fight indicates the democratic propaganda – in Britain, social position didn’t matter throughout the war. They fight together to win the victory. Fri, 20 May 2016 10:46:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525255 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525255 I think what in the time capsule here is that comparison of British side and German side throughout the war. Fri, 20 May 2016 10:10:41 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525253 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525253 The reason why this film use a voice narrator is because it enhances the understanding of their cooperativity – like how they went through the war as acquaintances. But Riefenstahi seek harmony in the film to show what is living, so she would not use a voiceover narrator in this film because it controls the viewer’s judge. Fri, 20 May 2016 10:43:49 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525252 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43791?scroll_to=525252 I think this film more focused on people’s live such as how they were connected and how they rebuilt their proper life-style again, even though they went through the harsh realities. The film did tell the truth but it didn’t include the part of tragedy. Fri, 20 May 2016 10:09:37 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46238?scroll_to=505206 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46238?scroll_to=505206 I think a salacious biography is about people’s very private story that doesn’t want to be revealed to public. Something very scandalous and the person who is featured would be ashamed of. Sat, 02 Apr 2016 08:12:10 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502069 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502069 What I could see in this film was how the entire Germany followed “Hitler” and created the huge power of unity. This one country’s solidarity is the aesthetics of German culture presented in the film. Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:59:13 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502068 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502068 I’m not sure if I can agree with that the audience is free to view Hitler any way it wants. It’s true that without the narration and knowledge of history, the audience might feel that this “Hitler” is “powerful good leader” in the film. But I think this film shows the blindness and mindlessness of Nazi’s, and tells the view of what we are not familiar with. Making the “Hitler” unrealistically best leader for mass leaves uncomfortable feeling to the audience. Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:58:15 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502067 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502067 The word “conduct” is well chosen here because there are many scenes that we see through Hitler’s back. When orchestra play music we won’t see conductor’s front, but always back. In film, there are many shots as if viewers are standing right behind of him. And Hitler also conduct/control people’s mind to create one big belief. Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:57:31 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502066 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502066 I think how people are listening to the speech about Hitler exalts mindlessness here. This means that they are brainwashed to believe that what Hitler was doing is the best and there are no better one. Also making them believe to devote their lives to Hitler is what they can do best. That is the meaning of glamorizing death. Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:56:58 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502065 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502065 Her format of this film was easier for the audience to what comes next. Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:55:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502064 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43763?scroll_to=502064 I think what quotation marks here indicate is that difference between Hitler that we know in history and Hitler that we see in this film. Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:55:02 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43908?scroll_to=474709 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43908?scroll_to=474709 I think the words, “downfunnelled light” give reader an image of the scene. That is, a streak of light from the desklamp that pierces through the dusty gloom of the city room. Sun, 17 Apr 2016 07:26:59 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46232?scroll_to=466768 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46232?scroll_to=466768 I think Michael Foot expects the biography to sympathize his life and to the biographer Michael will be someone, he/she knows not just from “Documentary’s topic”, by changing the angle and holding compassion in the biographer’s mind. It clashed with the biographer/ journalist’s expectations. Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:34:40 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46232?scroll_to=466766 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46232?scroll_to=466766 I think the meaning of “buffering the biography” here is that Michael was trying to loosen up his life so that his life will be more simple, convenient and will be filled only with his amusing qualities. Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:33:45 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43907?scroll_to=466763 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43907?scroll_to=466763 I’m picturing the reporter who hates to lose, really eager to gather information and a person who is passionate to his job. Sat, 07 May 2016 08:16:04 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43907?scroll_to=466761 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43907?scroll_to=466761 I think the “living breath of the news” means that news is also describe as living that is happening and rapidly changing just like human’s life. The editor is expecting from the reporter to get a story that is interesting enough to edit even before it has been published or passed to media. Tue, 09 Feb 2016 08:03:07 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43907?scroll_to=466759 https://nowcomment.com/documents/43907?scroll_to=466759 I think it means that the reporter will naturally be very aggressive to get the most interesting story in the event and will just report the things that he/she have just gathered, saw or even heard. Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:56:02 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46229?scroll_to=457188 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46229?scroll_to=457188 Having become aware of what was possibly a well kept secret, Rollyson ruminates over the possibility of confront Foot about this, deciding against the temptation to turn a blind eye as the typical biographer, and to pursue the truth in his book about process. Fri, 05 Feb 2016 07:47:33 -0500 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46229?scroll_to=457173 https://nowcomment.com/documents/46229?scroll_to=457173 A book about process encompasses not only the discrete events that distinguish a person's life as often done in biographies, but the continuous spectrum that defines both notable and mundane characteristics of Michael Foot. By establishing Foot as an individual, Foot can be viewed as a person undergoing growth and change in a dynamic process, unlike a textbook figure known only for his notable achievements; an aspect of a person that biographical narratives fail to capture. Fri, 05 Feb 2016 07:43:22 -0500