Movie
2023
American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated African-American novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise. The film stars…
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Source American Fiction is a comedy by Jeffrey Wright that has an interesting story about Thelonius Ellison which is the role he plays himself, an academic writer who fails to sell his books until he decides to write something completely different under a pseudonym and create a whole business that no black author has had before, this when you think about it crudely is something quite strong because it has a lot of t…More
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Fuente American Fiction es una película loca pero me ha gustado, es como si alguien me hubiera agarrado la cabeza para darle unas cuantas vueltas y después me deja un montón de ideas sobre las que pensar. Thelonius "Monk" Ellison, es un escritor muy inteligente que produce libros filosóficos y llenos de ideas que nadie quiere comprar porque no son lo bastante negros, al mismo tiempo hay otra escritora Sintara Golden…More
Fuente Ya ha pasado un tiempo desde los Oscar de este año, pero aún así me interesaba ver este título nominado a Mejor Película. Ya se encuentra en Prime, así que pude verlo hace poco. Estrenado el 2023, siendo su director Cord Jefferson. > It's been a while since this year's Oscars, but I was still interested to see this Best Picture nominated title. It's already on Prime, so I was able to see it a little while ago…More
De vez en cuando algunos directores se arriesgan y nos presentan películas valientes que interpelan al espectador sobre temas que quizá no haya tomado en cuenta. Es el caso de American Fiction (2023), Ópera prima del director y escritor norteamericano Cord Jefferson, quien acaba de recibir el Oscar como mejor guión adaptado por esta película. Buen inicio para este cineasta. La historia comienza presentándonos a Thel…More
When the awards season arrives we are attracted to see the films nominated or more acclaimed by the audience, those that begin to win good reviews and be among the favorites. Particularly the Oscars are intended to reward films that stand out for their various technical details such as an outstanding screenplay, prominent performances, incredible special effects, photography, costumes, soundtrack, etc. but not becau…More
I think by now we're all very much used to the political fire that has been burning for the last decade. The ways in which things such as identity and representation have been made talking points rather than actually utilised to improve things for all. There's a fight that has been going on between sides as a result of this, and it's no surprise given how much the media actually profits from the controversy rather t…More
Nominated for five Academy Awards Nominada a cinco premios de la academia Of all the films nominated for the main category of the next Oscars - Best Picture - I have already seen six, but among those that I have yet to see there are a couple that I didn't know anything about until they published the list of nominees. One of them is _The Zone of Interest_, which I plan to see soon in the cinema and the other is this…More
