I will try my hardest to find words to critique this film, but quite frankly "Heima" is one that almost lacks the ability to be analyzed. Instead, and the true beauty of it, is that it exists almost solely as an subjective experience. No 2 people can possibly view this film the same way. Each sequence, communicated as an encompassed feeling of the moment, is guided by your own impulses and tastes. I find that you put something of yourself into it, as these filmed moments start to feel as if something of your own memories.
I will however attempt to state what I had liked about this film, and why it had hit me as something unique. One reason is that the entirety of the film harnessed the purity that it is music, and the instant emotion that comes as a result. They do this first through their editing. It all seems to move with the present feeling, as it lingers at soft moments and intensifies with the added energy of speed. Each song is then accompanied by a different place, each one altering the sound of the song being performed and the performance by the band members themselves. It was in these moments that the beautifully executed cinematography hit me, as it made me sense the presence of the environment of each varying place. This made it feel as if I was there at the concert, and that itself was a journey to me. Past midnight at my house, when I first experienced this film on New Years, it all felt like I was on my own transcendent vacation, one that I've yet to experience.
Something that this film managed to communicate to me was a love for people. Within each crowd is a face the film writes, and each face harnesses something of a diverse experience. Like us, each person is viewing this event differently. We see this through the unfocused children running around and playing, who don't yet know how much this experience might mean to them. To the elderly audience members, watching it with unblinking concentration, aware of the rarity that such beautiful moments will penetrate their lives again. I reveled in the individualism of the crowd, and connected to the beauty that is one's own experience of life.
In conclusion, this is the type of film that you slip into on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and in the process experience something far more transcendent than normal life. It's one that hit me on a personal level, and I hope that everyone reading will soon be able to experience something as beautiful as this film. Whatever that may be.
I will however attempt to state what I had liked about this film, and why it had hit me as something unique. One reason is that the entirety of the film harnessed the purity that it is music, and the instant emotion that comes as a result. They do this first through their editing. It all seems to move with the present feeling, as it lingers at soft moments and intensifies with the added energy of speed. Each song is then accompanied by a different place, each one altering the sound of the song being performed and the performance by the band members themselves. It was in these moments that the beautifully executed cinematography hit me, as it made me sense the presence of the environment of each varying place. This made it feel as if I was there at the concert, and that itself was a journey to me. Past midnight at my house, when I first experienced this film on New Years, it all felt like I was on my own transcendent vacation, one that I've yet to experience.
Something that this film managed to communicate to me was a love for people. Within each crowd is a face the film writes, and each face harnesses something of a diverse experience. Like us, each person is viewing this event differently. We see this through the unfocused children running around and playing, who don't yet know how much this experience might mean to them. To the elderly audience members, watching it with unblinking concentration, aware of the rarity that such beautiful moments will penetrate their lives again. I reveled in the individualism of the crowd, and connected to the beauty that is one's own experience of life.
In conclusion, this is the type of film that you slip into on a lazy Sunday afternoon, and in the process experience something far more transcendent than normal life. It's one that hit me on a personal level, and I hope that everyone reading will soon be able to experience something as beautiful as this film. Whatever that may be.