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UNICA 2002 - Jury comments


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After every couple of national programmes the jury has a public discussion with comment from the audience.  By the last day they have drawn up a shortlist of movies.  These are discussed by the jury only.  They then vote for medal awards.  This year the discussion took place in the great chamber of the European parliament:
The Hemicycle. For most UNICA proceedings speeches are translated afterwards. Everything is announced in English, French and German.  For this session, however, simultaneous translation meant everyone could follow the discussion by wearing headphones tuned to the appropriate channel.

Guido Haesen.

Guido Haesen (Luxembourg) Chairman

Jeanne Glass.

Jeanne Glass (France)

Gunnar Lindholm.

Gunnar Lindholm (Sweden)

Jacqueline Pante.

Jacqueline Pante (Italy)

Suzanna Skoludova.

Zuzana Skoludova (Slovakia)

Anke Stoverock.

Anka Stoverock (Germany)

Jacek Wojtas.

Jacek Wojtas (Poland)

(Bear in mind this was simultaneous translation which may not always do full justice to the speakers ... and that in any case some speakers were using their second or third language to make the comments. Some latitude of interpretation is therefore appropriate.)

A Splash of Colour

Jacqueline Pante:

Well before I talk about the film here again I should say that the British programme was also a very interesting one, a good mix. And really a slightly academic plea in this very interesting film which taught me a great deal about colours. Of course you might be able to find a better film on this somewhere in some library but I think it was so creative in the way it was put together that it was very interesting for me - I liked it a lot.

Guido Haesen:

I didn't like this film. I think this should have been an educational film as Jacqueline was hinting at. The content of the commentary wasn't very interesting at all. It looked pleasant. Neutral music played in the background, but ultimately not a great deal was learnt about colour or the composition of colour. I was a bit disappointed.

Jacek Wojtas:

I don't agree with that. This isn't the sort of film you should show at a university. This is a primary school children's film or a young person's film. If you had more information, more scientific content in it, then it would be boring for schoolchildren. Not too much information is needed - just important well-selected information, with these well-chosen examples from life. I think it brings it all to life.

Jeanne Glass:

I liked the photography, the film work, particularly the rainbow in a water drop or the coating of oil on the surface, I thought there was some excellent stuff in that film.

Voted bronze.


Final Report

Jeanne Glass:

I liked the film a great deal. I think it tells the truth in that professional environment with which I am familiar. Previously I thought perhaps there was a mistake in the story but I think that's just a detail compared to what the film actually has to offer.

Jacek Wojtas:

I liked the film too, not right to the end however. I thought the ending was weak, a bit naive. I have seen this many times - committing suicide and so on. I think really that was very poorly played out. Unfortunately it undermines the film for me.

Jacqueline Pante:

Yes, this woman killed herself because she was unable to work because she felt at thirty she was too old ... killed by television. I think that's a message which should not leave us cold, irrespective of how the suicide was committed and so on. I don't think the suicide part was as well pulled off as the rest of the film. But you do see this idea of a young woman, probably with no experience of the world, who doesn't feel that she has got the shapely looks that television requires. That is why she chooses that solution. I thought that was interesting.

Guido Haesen:

I like this film until the last bit where she was walking on that carpet of glass, if you like. I liked the flashbacks in colour a lot and I thought they were edited in in a very logical way to the black and white film. But what a shame to have this kind of suicide. That was very unsuccessful I thought - that was a shame in the film.

Zuzana Skoludova:

It was interesting for me that this woman had done everything for her work. No one nonetheless was able to help her out in her sad situation. I thought this diary-style approach was something that the camerawork replaced. I think the criticism is the pictures of the suicide. I liked everything else. Everything else was very well done. The blood everywhere and so on - well really it was a description of the facts and nothing more. I think she died gradually trying to hurt herself. I think the images symbolise that. It might not have been very aesthetic the way the film disintegrated but it was a depiction of her disintegration. If someone's unhappy I think that's the way things play out.

Jacek Wojtas:

Well there's been a lot of criticism of the ending. I didn't really like it. I hadn't really thought of that message but you've been very persuasive in changing my mind about the ending. Thank you.

Voted bronze.


Timeline

Jacek Wojtas:

A well-played joke, a nice start but I just thought it was a good joke and that was the beginning and the end of it.

Anka Stoverock:

A very humorous story, the sort of thing that you could only get in Britain. Right from the beginning to the end you were filled with enthusiasm. This person finds a bomb in the garden which could come only from Germany. Perfect! And of course modern technology is difficult and so on. I recall whenever I have to press on a button I always fear the explosion of a bomb or something. Plus the bomb will go off because it's made in Germany. The garden gnomes were probably made in Germany too so they survive the bomb explosion.

Jacqueline Pante:

You've just added a German joke to that. I just wanted to say that this kind of film or gag tends to work when the British do it because they have the British sense of humour. But unfortunately the poor chap died in the end, didn't he?

Voted bronze.

- Dave Watterson    Sep 2003


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