#leylaebrahimi

#Nas #Leylaebrahimi

This montage of footage played as they’re talking about Will was so well placed, especially the layered video of them all dancing. I loved this moment and I also loved the story included about the joke will always made after one of his friends told him he was “baking brownies and taping videos” and he found that so funny, and he’d always ask everyone “what’re you doing, baking brownies and taping videos?” It just felt like such a personality moment in the film. Something that connected us to Will. 

2. I just loved how this photo/edit was included but this was the moment in the film where Nas’s Father basically tells his kids that they should go pursue their craft and leave school. And he also discusses all the criticism that came with his saying that. I really like the ways that the directors chose to include certain shots at certain points throughout the film that help provide perspective, like at this moment of this shot they’re talking about how the kids left school to pursue their dreams, and their dreams became their futures, and this is a photo of them all grown up. 

3. I just really loved the inclusion of this photo collage but also the inclusions of the photo collages in general. I love this style of archival footage and records of their worlds from certain times. It feels very intimate, yet fragmented. It feels like elements of a larger more holistic message and I love the way that this film uses old photos and photo collages as mediums to move the story further. 

#LeylaEbrahimi #Cutie

1. I love this low angle shot of the sky rises at the beginning of the film, I love the way that this also captures what the city is like, it’s ominous to a beginner and it’s frightening and large. 

2. This moment and the song and montage that followed was my favorite part of this film. How beautiful. Immediately taken from the peacefulness of the rooftop, to the smooth serenity of the dance studio, to somber moment where Ushio is gone. It was just beautifully done. 

3. “Love is a Roarrr” I love this moment towards the end of the film, these two are so in sync yet so separated in the ways that their minds work, they don’t even agree on the title, and often agree to disagree, but they understand one another so intrinsically.

#Naomi #Leylaebrahimi

1. I love this scene because it really shows what a true soul Naomi is. Not only is she supremely talented, but she is kind hearted and emotionally intuitive. In this scene it’s relayed that Naomi was up all night crying and shaking because the house was too beautiful. I just love that wording and the way it makes us see this fierce player who is also so incredibly emotional. 

2. I LOVED this moment. The double overhead both cross court and to the exact same spot is so impressive and powerful. That’s what this scene says to me, it’s all about power and control and the ways in which Naomi executes both on the court.