Minding the Gap Comments

Zachariah 2023-09-15 14:38:41

The skateboarding journey that started out of suppressed anger can directly attack the heaviness and complexity of domestic violence, and also involves issues of race and gender, which is unimaginable. The life course of the three skateboarding teenagers is finally fixed in front of the camera, and the private memories and emotions contained in them have great staying power. Skateboarding gave them back their sense of self-control and made them feel alive again. The persistence and freedom in...

Christelle 2023-09-14 03:56:14

The sports lens is so beautiful, and the line of sight follows the trajectory of the boy's sliding, as if he can hear the free wind in his ears. This sense of freedom is not only reflected in the image level, but also in the structure, editing, and even creative motivation. All this comes from the director's familiarity with the subject of the filming, but also from the unfamiliarity. Familiarity brings intimacy, and unfamiliarity arouses curiosity. What's even more amazing is such a free...

Tavares 2023-09-13 21:07:43

Desires for an answer that can explain the pain, but also for a power that is not imprisoned by the answer. The director is indeed a skater youth...

Christy 2023-09-07 18:41:37

The long shot at the beginning is about the teenagers who are speeding on a skateboard. You see the wind and see freedom, but when you look back, your heart is broken. They are using the skateboard to briefly escape the harm caused by the original family, and they want to find an outlet to vent. , want to be healed. The whole film is more like the director's accusation of domestic violence, opening his wounds for everyone to see. This separation of family affection and love makes home not your...

Kody 2023-09-01 05:57:53

As a debut novel, the editing method is very bold, so that the documentary form will not be that "popular science". In fact, this is really not a popular science documentary about skateboarding. People say that the American Empire, whose native family is a little aggrieved, lives relative to the lower-level teenagers. Is it free? You can imagine that without money, there is no...

Ewell 2023-08-21 00:56:07

4.5. This kind of person who "picks up the camera and walks down the street" from a young age is really talented. Once the camera starts to shoot Liu Bing's childhood love of street skateboards and his partners, the flowing, dynamic energy from the combination of camera movement and editing is very contagious. And it is this kind of friendship that grew out of the pain of domestic violence since childhood, which also makes the life and narrative outside of skateboarding under the camera full of...

Dewayne 2023-08-14 16:03:16

"This device cures heartache." Except it doesn't. Much better than Free...

Earl 2023-08-13 13:37:44

It may be this year's top ten, and when I watch it, I keep thinking of Yang Dechang, remembering that he said that people don't know what they want, and people can't make decisions for themselves. But yes, it may be difficult to articulate the relationship between parents and children, but many people are not qualified to be...

Willa 2023-08-04 18:14:45

Who's youth is not confused, the "Boyhood" of skateboarding teenagers, the real growth troubles always easily arouse the greatest resonance. It's nice to have such a group of friends growing up with each other from childhood to...

Malvina 2023-07-13 18:53:31

Because it is to record the story of Liu Bing himself and his partners, the camera is very intrusive, and the advantage is that it is more contagious. The passion of skateboarding and the tragedy within the family both act on this group of teenagers. With the deep exploration of the background, lingering The street is just their way of escaping. Zach is worried that his son will repeat his failed life. Kira left his mother and moved away. Liu Bing used the camera to record his mother's guilt...