Extended Reading
  • Margarette 2022-04-19 09:02:53

    Content and audio-visual summary of "Zama"

    ①The male protagonist Zama is a native Spanish governor in a remote mountain village in Argentina. He longs for a promotion from the Spanish king and despises the local aborigines, but after a series of efforts, he neither gets the echo of the king nor defeats the local robbers. In the end, he was...

  • Janiya 2022-01-23 08:05:28

    Sticky time and space

    "Zama" is an extremely rich film in terms of images and texts.

    The Spanish military officer Zama, who was born in Argentina, was eager to be transferred to a better position, but to no avail.

    When the title ZAMA appeared, the overall structure of the film was clearly revealed in the story of the...

  • Nolan 2022-04-21 09:03:27

    My favorite female director, why did you make such a boring film

  • Andy 2022-04-21 09:03:27

    There are no mirrors and no swimming pools, reducing defocus (only one and a half iconic defocus shots are left in the whole film), and the collision of red and green color blocks in the second half of the jungle scene gives enough visual impact. The complex soundtrack combined with a large number of facial close-ups may create a real sense of immersion, allowing viewers to follow Zama to experience the helplessness and despair that they try to fight for but cannot escape. Martel is definitely one of the greatest directors of the moment.

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Zama quotes

  • Gobernador II: What are you writing?

    Fernández: A book, Governor.

    Zama: We need to draft a letter to be sealed and...

    Gobernador II: A book? A book? Make children, not books. Learn a lesson from our Magistrate, Manuel.

    Fernández: I can't know how my children will be. But I do know how this book will be.