Today & Tomorrow (Hoy y
Manana/Global Lens Collection)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: C+ Film: C+
Projects
shot in video and HD are often formless and look really bad, but a few projects
(after far too many years) finally have brought some form to such productions
and the one thing I liked immediately about Alejandro Chomski’s Today & Tomorrow (Hoy y Manana/2003) is its attitude that
included editing straight out of the French New Wave and Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1959) in particular. Fortunately, its does not overdo this, but it
has its moments.
Paula is
24 years old and is having problems with debt, money and holding a job. This apathy makes her vulnerable to a series
of suggestions she consider doing prostitution as long as she gets her money
and “does not enjoy” the sex or intimacy.
Of course, that is doomed, but the story tries to be a sort of character
study. Unfortunately, it is not Klute and at only 87 minutes should
have gone on longer. Chomski seems to be
satisfied with the ending, but this critic was not. At least it was ambitious.
The
letterboxed 1.85 X 1 image seems to have been shot on non digital HD, but looks
decent because of the ambitious effort to make this look engaging. The Dolby Digital Spanish 2.0 is simple stereo
at best, but has no surrounds. Extras
include an interview with the director, DVD-ROM PDF Discussion Guide including
a director’s statement, resources & film notes, plus previews for other
titles in the series.
- Nicholas Sheffo
