MOVIE REVIEW :Moonlight

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The director actively uses color to bring the reality he is facing into the realm of empathy. As the title suggests, the scene in which the blue color like the moonlight appears is the moment when the energy of 'positivity' spreads, whereas the red color is explicitly expressed at the moment of threatening or oppression of the main character 'Chiron'. In a word, mise-en-scène is a very rich movie, but it may be a bit uncomfortable for the audience who want a drama genre that you can watch without any burden. Characteristic elements can also be seen in terms of shooting techniques such as handheld and extreme close-ups, but fortunately, I felt that it matched the overall sentiment of the film, that is, the title of 'unstable life' as a minority. If the Dardenne Brothers' handhelds capture the heartbreak and collapse, Barry Jenkins's is filled with bursting anger and anxiety.

'Juan' is a person who has had a great influence on Chiron's growth and establishment of identity. Although not related by blood, Juan sincerely hopes that Chiron doesn't become a drug dealer like him. So, he builds a bond with Shah Theory from time to time and offers advice to help this young boy grow up to be a healthy and independent being. It is safe to say that Juan's lines are at the heart of the film's conclusion.

'Under the moonlight, everything is green'

speaks This statement contains the truth that sexual identity and race never define a person's attributes. In addition to this,

'You have to decide what kind of person you will become one day.'

In other words, we can understand Juan's sincerity, who wants to overcome the trials and tribulations and walk the path of Chiron in the end, even if they come.

As a young man, Chiron is faced with a period of ordeal in earnest. At his school, he is subjected to bullying, verbal and physical violence, and his single mother's dependence on drugs increases, making it difficult to sustain daily life. In this situation, his only friend 'Kevin' feels a special feeling beyond friendship, which one day leads to some kind of sympathy on the beach under the moonlight. Afterwards, due to an unexpected incident, Chiron is imprisoned in a juvenile detention center in another area, and naturally separates from Kevin. The director clearly shows how difficult life as a minority can be. All the circumstances surrounding Chiron's ego, such as blacks, sexual minorities, poverty, and single mothers, intervene in his choices, encouraging him to become a distorted existence over time. Some scenes come as a bit of a shock, but I think this may be a kind of unconscious superiority or defense mechanism that we feel because we are on the side of the majority. So, after the movie ended, I began to feel sorry for someone in the past who would have looked uncomfortable in my life. At the same time, I had no choice but to feel self-help hypocrisy and humbleness at the same time, wondering why I had such thoughts and reacted in such a way, even though they were just 'humans'. So thank you for this unkind movie. Because this film does not comfort the few, but makes them look back.

As an adult, Chiron's appearance has changed 180 degrees from before. However, her longtime friend Kevin Mann, whom she meets by chance, detects Shah Theon's 'real' self, hidden by ragged muscles, precious metals, flashy cars and a nice house. After a few conversations, he finds out that Chiron, a boy and a young man who has been hurt by it, and who felt friendship and love for him at the same time, has essentially not changed. Not being the grown-up he had hoped for, Shah Theory is still not completely free from the wounds of his past. However, he only intentionally forgets those memories. However, when he meets Kevin and hears his sincere apology, he begins to slowly open the door of his closed heart.

Director Barry Jenkins, along with director Damien Chacelle of <La La Land>, is attracting attention as a young master of Hollywood. The aesthetic detail of the film is similar to that of a new director, 'Xavier Dolan', and the way it unfolds and the depth of themes in it reminds me of another black director, 'Steve McQueen'. If we carefully anticipate, I wonder if there will be a few more works that symbolically reveal the identity of black people. Let's look forward to his rise.


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Using IMDB images is image theft. Downvoted.

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Using IMDb images with proper sourcing is not theft.

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Ok, I'm reacting to the community rules. No worries.

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It is perfectly acceptable in the community to use images to add to a post when properly sourced.

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No worries, I'll stay out of it. Clearly I'm clueless.

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I’m sure where you get the idea fair use with sourcing is theft. Why would Cine be any different than other communities? It even said is it allowed if fair use and properly sourced. Where did you see it wasn’t?

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As I said Mark, I'll but out as I have zero clue. I don't know how else to put it.

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I’m honestly curious, I have been part of Cine since the beginning and never seen this stance.

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Mark, I don't know what you want to hear.

I was under the impression this was the case so I acted on what I thought I knew. Clearly, I do not know and am a total fucking wanker for acting on what I thought to be correct.

Please let me know if you would like me to be clearer or if this is sufficient to satisfy your curiosity.

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Why the hell are you calling yourself a wanker mate? Don't you find that a bit bizarr?? Are you from Oz? I grew up in Brisbane...

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Australia, yes.

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Hey man. In cases like this it falls under fair use laws. It's an honest review, there's commentary, nothing is taken out of context and so on. The owners of the property would view this as free honest advertising. If someone posted just that movie poster and nothing else, then it doesn't fall under fair use. Or if they posted it and started talking about something else, then it doesn't fall under fair use guidelines. There are some fairly thick books to read on the subject, if you're interested. Don't feel bad though. Pretty sure everyone on the planet makes mistakes.

But let's say a business or service provider took images without consent, took them out of context, then used them as a tool or weapon in order to make others (or other businesses/service providers) look bad, all while breaking other laws (committing libel for instance), wrapping it all up neatly into an unethical marketing campaign (even that alone leads to huge fines and even prison time), then pushing to distribute the entire disaster; settlements are often in the tens of millions of dollars. And that's if the marketing campaign only included one name or one business/service provider. If they included several it would be similar to how, if someone murdered several people in one go, they wouldn't just get charged with murder, they'd be charged with several counts of murder.

The reason the penalties are so steep is due to the wealth of information easily available. Steep penalties exist to encourage people to play fair. Otherwise it would be a free-for-all. That would discourage people from ever wanting to stand out by doing exceptional work. Let's say you spent years travelling, taking photos, making it your life and converting those experiences into money. That's expensive and time consuming. You'd be pretty pissed off if someone sitting on their couch at home took your experience and attempted to monetize it.

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Well, all the best to the CineTV community posters then, I'll stick to using my own photos, the occasional Pixabay image properly sourced and my own text.

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That's always the safest. Your own property is also protected by default, unless you state otherwise. I place 'all rights reserved' under my work but technically I don't have to. By law it's assumed that's the case. So if someone took your photo or my art, posted it, said something about it (positive or negative, doesn't matter), then attempted to monetize, that wouldn't fall under fair use. In a case like that it's all about the image, and that image belongs to someone, so they need to get consent first.

Awhile back some character here took a whole bunch of my work, placed it in a strange arrangement (some were even upside down), then thought I'd pay for compliments, after making a total mess. It's like letting some random dude come in your house and decorate. That's not how life works.

Fair use is a tricky one. A pixabay image can be used but if you took that image, printed copies, then sold them, you'd be in big trouble. Someone can't just take your stuff and claim fair use.

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After having my personal image used by a particular, mentally disturbed, world-traveller I am a bit hyper sensitive to this sort of thing. I don't like people taking what isn't theirs without having the common decency to ask. I used to punish it, in the real world, quite severely. That's behind my stance on plagiarism on Hive. It's ingrained.

I'm not a lawyer so don't know all the intricacies.

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so how to get a picture for a movie? can you give an example sir.

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