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[FIST 100] Uno Reverse Card: Daughters of the Dust

 It's been a bit of a long week so I'm using the title as a joke to get a laugh out of some people.  As a bonus the title relates to the post too.


I really enjoyed analyzing Daughters of the Dust and discussing Dash's may ways a defying Hollywood traditions.  I mostly enjoyed this through her sue of cinematography.  In most Hollywood films the way the story movies along via dialogue between characters, but in Daughters of the Dust this story telling is don't through largely the cinematography.  In Hollywood most cinematography are beautiful shots of some event that's happening and those shots are frequent in a movie.  Many of the shots include the main characters.  In Daughters of the Dusk, cinematography of the amazing landscape is put over dialoged to establish the world and tell the story.  It almost feels as if the camera is the main character and the cast are the4 supporting roles.  (This is why its an Uno Reverse Card).  This makes the movie rely more on cinematography than most other movies, and that is completely ok especially with a movie that uses that well like this movie.  Overall like i said, I really enjoyed discussing this movie and although its defiance in Hollywood traditions may lead to a slower paced movie, I think the visuals of the movie more than make up for it. 




An Uno Reverse Card (So thumbnail of the blog can relate to the title)



Still from the Film



Comments

  1. Tom PowersApril 25, 2021 at 6:42 PM

    If this film is the reverse card, what would be the draw 4?

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  2. Marelis AlvarezApril 25, 2021 at 8:49 PM

    I also really enjoyed the cinematography of the movie! I felt that it added to the portrayal of the family in a way that is not commonly seen in Hollywood, which explains the longer story development. Hollywood has made it so that there is always suppose to be action to be engaged in the story, but this film had the story be the source of engagement at the pace it was which was more realistic considering this is a family.

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  3. Michael ZhangApril 25, 2021 at 8:53 PM

    I really like how you make the connection between uno and the film, and I agree that the camera is like the leading character in some of the scenes. However, I think this can also create some confusion, especially when this film is nonlinear. It very likely that audiences don't know what is happening in the scene. Those techniques require the audience to watch multiple times to understand the idea it's trying to tell.

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  4. Kat GirodApril 25, 2021 at 9:31 PM

    I totally agree that the slower pace of the movie is completely fine considering the absolutely stunning visuals of cinematography we get as a result. Dash truly pulled an "uno reverse" on Hollywood and its traditional narrative structure.

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  5. Miranda WhitakerJune 1, 2021 at 6:21 PM

    I love this concept! It's a perfect way of describing this movie and the unique way the characters and the settings are portrayed.

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