Random, crazed yet with some fascinating moments that makes the experience something worth seeing and quite enjoyable, "Olho Nu" ("Naked Eye") tells the story of a
veteran filmmaker/cinematographer Devair (Carlos Ribeiro) who after screw up the shooting of his latest project discovers that his eyesight is failing and he might lose
it if doesn't do an expensive surgery. However, he turns his back away (although worried since his eyesight is reducing little by little) and wanders around meeting people from
his life and work, old collaborators and friends in bizarre reunions, others a little more nostalgic and interesting.
It's interesting to see this life aspect that is quite presented in the lives of people who makes movies (blindness/failing eyesight) which happens with people at a certain age due to the excessive contact with lenses and lights (sun included), things like that, issues that aren't so discussed or presented in movies. Also the fact that the main character and his comrades all worked in many pornochanchada movies filled with eroticism and humor, slightly getting into the porn side of movies, and the film includes in its cast several actors from the genre in past decades. It felt like a nostalgic moments (fans of the genre will love the bar meeting, since there are several veterans who make opinions about the genre and Devair keeps shouting about the importance of "In the Realm of Senses").
So here's a film class project that's actually quite well-shot and well-produced. I didn't know anything about the story, it simply popped in some short film playlist and there was no description about it. But the very first image, a long sequence of two girls kissing, going from a close-up that keeps panning back until we found out it's a movie set, is visually captivating because without knowing anything about the story there's a sense of mystery that for a moment you think they are the main characters until Devair enters the shot filming them. To all the filmmakers involved, there's talent within you, all that's needed is a more cohesive and gripping story. Some of the elements that were new to me worked with brilliancy, but the humanistic level where one has to believe in the character or the situations work but not fully. Still good and watchable. 6/10.
It's interesting to see this life aspect that is quite presented in the lives of people who makes movies (blindness/failing eyesight) which happens with people at a certain age due to the excessive contact with lenses and lights (sun included), things like that, issues that aren't so discussed or presented in movies. Also the fact that the main character and his comrades all worked in many pornochanchada movies filled with eroticism and humor, slightly getting into the porn side of movies, and the film includes in its cast several actors from the genre in past decades. It felt like a nostalgic moments (fans of the genre will love the bar meeting, since there are several veterans who make opinions about the genre and Devair keeps shouting about the importance of "In the Realm of Senses").
So here's a film class project that's actually quite well-shot and well-produced. I didn't know anything about the story, it simply popped in some short film playlist and there was no description about it. But the very first image, a long sequence of two girls kissing, going from a close-up that keeps panning back until we found out it's a movie set, is visually captivating because without knowing anything about the story there's a sense of mystery that for a moment you think they are the main characters until Devair enters the shot filming them. To all the filmmakers involved, there's talent within you, all that's needed is a more cohesive and gripping story. Some of the elements that were new to me worked with brilliancy, but the humanistic level where one has to believe in the character or the situations work but not fully. Still good and watchable. 6/10.