DUST REQUEST – a film by SABI

This part of the world is beautiful. I've been to New Zealand... for a whole hour before taking my transfer in Auckland to Cairns, Australia. Next time, I have to spend more time there. I concur with Mark's statement about manning a better camera to capture the full majesty of the vistas. This needed to be carefully compressed because it relies so much on the imagery. I would have sacrificed two minutes to reduce the compression and get a higher data rate. There are some beautiful shots there.
 
Ditto to pretty much all of Mark's comments (except hey wait, since when is there an 'Aetas' award? :-)

GORGEOUS scenery...except it felt like more of a random "hey, we're going to be on holiday in these awesome locations, lets shoot something", which, nothing wrong with that. At the 1 min mark I was like "oh, she needs to dump the ashes", and the movie never grew beyond that. Just a screensaver for 5 more minutes.

But whomever was operating the camera, clearly has a great eye!
 
beautiful film. I gathered that no place was suitable for spreading the ashes until the "ghost" was present and then she felt at peace, which I usually wouldn't be able to read into unless there was dialogue, but you told the story well enough visually. the only thing I didn't like was that the credits were too short and I couldn't scroll to the right place to see them, ha ha... nice work though, it was a pleasure to watch.
 
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I must say: only because I read here I think I understood, that this was the real ash of a real dead husband of the real wife. If I would watch this film without knowing this, I would have more questions than answers ( for instance in the first scene she stands with her feet in the water and gives an obvious sign to the cameraman, to stop filming her, who then pans left into the landscape).
Its a very nice idea to accompany the wife while she fulfills the request of her husband to throw his ashes in certain places in NZ. The way its filmed, edited and presented now, its impossible to understand the reality behind the seemingly fictuous film, while its actually more a documentary?
Having lived in India I understood immediately what the box contained ( from the title) but a shot of her reading the last will ( and us looking over the shoulder) and a notion that no acting took place but that this was a real story, would probably help?

Nice landscape shots.
 
Great shots. The story for me was a little too obvious. I kind of figured out what was going on about half-way through, and so it got a bit long for me. That having been said, it was still a very pretty, and surreal piece. Good job.
 
Amazing locations - phenomenal colors.

The music and pacing was languorous and lovely.

This was like a beautiful poem.

I really enjoyed it.
 
I watched this yesterday but wanted to think about what I was going to say before responding.

Overall impression = I liked it.

It had a simple, straightforward story that unfolded beautifully. The locations were incredible.

My major complaint is that this felt MUCH LONGER than 6 minutes. There were times when it seemed to move interminably slow. I was disappointed in some of the compression, too. It stole from some of the breathtaking scenery.

The camera work was quite different from what I expected. That's neither good nor bad. I guess I was expecting Zak's style of camera work.
 
Definitely a beautiful film with amazing locations, but I do think it seemed to linger on for too long. Overall a great entry!
 
out of all the movies ive seen in this fest, this one is BY FAR the most gorgeous! but, it did drag along a little too long for my personal taste. good luck in the fest!
 
Well done. Great locations. The length didn't bother me it seemed to move fast. I would have cut it a few seconds out so there was more than a half second of credits at the end. Maybe add the credits in as the film is still going..

But it is a good story of a person who has to deal with a loss
 
Hi

I liked this. Beautiful scenery, music, good lead and some very nice shots.
I didn't see the ghost. And I agree that the effects in the last scene seems a bit out of place with the rest of the film.

Good job though
 
Beautiful scenery and shots... some excellent locations you've got there! Loved how expansive it was... traversing across so many different areas... great, emotional music as well.

Enjoyed it thoroughly!
 
Excellent locations.
I wish it would have a bit more carefull colorgrading.
I liked the framing and pacing, thou the scenery sometimes felt a bit disconnected from the rest of the story.

Well done and shot.

Frank
 
Beautifully shot and great locations. Story was simple in a good way. The shots at the end, I guess they were from the perspective of the deceased, were cool. Raw naturalistic filmmaking. Pretty cool!
 
I'll agree that the locations and imagery are quite beautiful, and I found the film engaging to watch. I'm not sure it grabbed me 100% storywise. The effects towards the end threw me a little bit.
 
It's LATE, but I made a commitment to watch, rate, and comment on all the films before nights end. At this point, I've only got time to watch & rate, so I'm simply letting you know I've done so for yours.

If you'd like a specific review of your film, please just PM me to catch my attention, and I'd be glad to come back here & post a review. :)
 
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