Oscar nominee Erick Oh’s follow up to OPERA is a beautiful visual poem about one man’s life that is based on his grandfather. The film is the arc of a man’s life, with tree (Namoo means tree) being the place that he stores all his things.The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.
Taking a completely different visual approach to story telling from his last film. Namoo looks like a pastel painting come to life. It’s a film that is more often than not told in a 2D style with glorious camera moves that suddenly have things popping out and coming to life. I wanted to get lost in the technical aspect of it all but found that I was too busy being moved by the visceral nature of the story. I don’t think I caught all the little details but that didn’t stop me from my getting misty and having my jaw drop open in the final moments.
Oh how I wish I could have seen this on a big screen.
An absolute delight Namoo is a must….
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