Photographers MUST SEE movie in 2021, Minamata Review - RED35 Review
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- Опубліковано 16 лис 2021
- My very first film/movie review, but this is no ordinary review. As a photography channel, of course it has to fit the profile. So I am looking at one of the best Photography Movie in 2021, Miinamata, starred with Johnny Depp as the great W.Eugene Smith. If you are a keen photographer, seriously, this is one NOT to miss. Watch to see my review (but there's some details about the movie so a slight spoiler alert!). However, this movie is based on true events so much of it are well documented online already. Anyway, enjoy! #minamata2021 #photographymovie #photography
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I think it is a pity that photojournalism and documentary photography are dying out. It's all fleeting video these days, which can never be as powerful as a still image.
Was not aware of this film. Thanks, Jimmy! My favorite image from W. Eugen Smith is "A Walk into the Paradise" from 1946. It was made after the war. Smith was hospitalized and could not make images for two years. This image of his own kids brought him back to photography.
Oh yes, that's a great photo too!
How refreshing for a photographer to review a photography related film instead of gear.
I am all for innovation, but we tend to let it over power the real reason we do what we do,
we seem to forget that it's about the end result, the photograph, not the latest piece of gear.
These guys are still the greats in photography, not because of what they used but because
they had a passion and a vision.
Bravo Jimmy for doing the same.
You're referring to a psychological complex worthy of Freud or Carl Marx. People who have no real skills, creative talent, nor practical experience as photographers, but who who have aspirations to seen as belonging to that socially-admired group of creative and innovative people by what might be termed "associative value-transference". Because they own (or can at least talk about the kit) they see this as the admission price for being seen as fashionable creatives.
(Photographers ARE sexy. That's why we pay more for our car insurance.)
Of course, what I've just said is complete balderdash. They're actually just people whose pleasure is in collecting, owning and above all, in talking about, the latest technological innovations. (Sure, a small minority might also be technology snobs; but that's of little importance.) The key point is that these people love to collect knowledge (an encyclopedic volume of data with little or no practical application) such that they can astound like-minded nerds by incessantly spouting telephone-directory-like numbers, facts and figures, that have no relevance outside of the Practical Photographer magazine's fetishist test lab.
Ironically, almost the entire photographic industry (i.e. the companies who design, manufacture, and innovate our latest equipment) is 99% reliant upon the hobbyist sector of 'equipment collectors' to oil the financial cogs that keep its wheels turning. The photographic industry is as much about fickle fashion, as are those haute couture London, Paris, New York fashion houses that drive the high street rag trade. Our industry isn't driven by cold scientific engineering. It's all about petty journalists and bloggers wanting bigger and faster smaller more lightweight more affordable, and above all, pretty looking collectibles.
The fact that almost 100% of those people who wish to be identified as a "Photographer" are more likely to be found on an Internet livestream, "discussing" the latest data published by some journalist or freelance blogger, rather than attending one or two of their photography club's monthly photographic field trips (which is where you take a camera and a few lenses out of the display cabinet and actually press the shutter-release), pretty much says it all.
The fact that there are similar groups of enthusiasts for cars, postage stamps, leather bondage gear, drawing & painting, cake baking and BDSM sadomasochism, says it all. Frustrated office workers attempting to resurrect adolescent dreams of being a famous 'Top Gun' fighter pilot. We all have our dreams, and should we really be surprised that Jeremy from Accounts is better a memorising a spreadsheet lens analysis report than "they/them/theirs" ability to press the shutter-release in the real world?
Does it really matter if someone likes to term himself a "Photographer" when they're really suffering from a deep-rooted GAS psychosis? All-too-often these enthusiastic "equipment groupies" are simply enjoying what the psychologists term a 'materialist' sense of associative worth. By owning, and especially acquiring, the very latest in state-of-the-art equipment, they feel a transference of worth (and comradeship) with real photographers like myself. They like to dream that they're intrepid cameramen, people who don their anoraks and short trousers, to set forth on a cold and wet winter's night just to be in the right place at the right time to capture dawn sunbeams striking off some corporate CEO's balding head, as you capture his intrepid mountaineering spirit for this year's Annual Report to the Shareholders. It's a tough job, but someone needs to know how to retouch those awful, underexposed, shots in Lightroom.
Back in the nineteenth century, the nouveau riche would build a nouveau castle, equipped with a BDSM torture chamber and (crucially) there would be a showpiece Library complete with shelf-upon-shelf of appropriately intellectual-sounding leather bound books that no-one would ever open. Today, we have an equivalent in the quasi-intelligent information collector. Someone who actually enjoys reading telephone directories and camera equipment reports; and committing all of that data to memory. So, next time they're freezing their monkeys off at 4am, atop a mountain with their CEO, and as the sun starts to come up they notice its rays are reflecting off the boss's newly-revealled bald patch, they can usefully quote how many asymmetrical lens groups are contained within the Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens.
And, in Conclusion, how on earth you folks expect me to remember what I'm writing about when I'm simply testing the voice recognition -- "speech to vexed' -- capabilities of my new Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G smart-ass phone, I've no idea. My simple message is "each to his own". If you enjoy spending your free time reading monthly reports on the latest unaffordable (yet already about to be superceded) kit, then enjoy. For me, I only read tech specs when I've encountered a problem with my old, familiar, and trusted kit. Until then, I treat my gear as a toolkit and couldn’t care less what new innovations the Salesmen are pushing this week. 😉
Rick
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LOL, knocking gear in a video about Eugene Smith?🤦🏼♂️ The guy carried 6 bodies at once with 6 different focal lengths. I’m guessing he thought a lot about his equipment, and it was important to him.
@@joeltunnah
You've just answered your own comment lol, 6 bodies, 6 focal lengths, more than likely all with different film speeds to compensate for the focal lengths and limited to 36 exposures on a roll, didn't see him with a bulk loader on his gear?
Way more reasons to carry more than 1 body back then, does that mean he was a gear head? maybe, or was it
that he just wanted to make sure he got the shot?
@@tonyb4326 the gear is how you “get the shot”. Cartier-Bresson mentioned his equipment in almost every interview, often in great detail. Ernst Haas was known as a “gear head” often experimenting with new cameras and telephoto lenses. The idea that Real Artists(tm) don’t care about gear, and only wannabe amateurs talk about it and spend money on it, is total nonsense.
Why worry about what other people do with their time and money? Why can’t people enjoy all aspects of a hobby without being criticized for it?
@@joeltunnah
Who was I criticizing? I started my comment by saying I'm all for innovation and I said we, obviously you think this is all about you, if the cap fits wear it, I would never presume to tell people what to do with their time and money, you are obviously one of those people that take offence at anyone that has an opinion contrary to your own and take offence on everyone else's behalf, good luck with that and live a long and happy life.
I have been a working photographer for almost 51 years. I had the incredible opportunity to spend time with Gene many years ago. His work, more than any other photographer, inspired and influenced me to this day.
Johnny Depp is such a Great characteractor. I just have to see this Movie. I could not even see that it was Johnny. It really looked as Eugen Smith.
Just watched the movie after seeing your posting. Don’t ask me how I found it, but I did. Wow, what an intense and sad movie. Johnny Depp really did a wonderful job portraying Eugene Smith. As for the overall narrative of the movie, it was direct and beautifully done. No wasted or prolonged scenes, no additional “Glam & Glitz” or overly sensationalized moments, but rather portrayed in a manner that continued to push the story along. For those looking for the film, good luck. I searched and searched only to find that the movie may not have been “Banned” in the traditional sense, but rather just not promoted in the U.S. Thank you for breaking the mold and departing from your usual content to introduce something that myself wasn’t even remotely aware of.
glad you enjoyed it too mate :)
Great review. Thank you. As a photojournalist starting at RIT in 1975 I was inspired by Eugene Smith. Saw him lecture in '77. He was extremely injured and intoxicated but still fascinating.
Glad you did this and happy to see more reviews along this line Jimmy.
Great review, Jimmy, I'll keep a lookout for it. Keep them coming!!👍
Thank you for bringing this film to light. Well done Jimmy! Love your channel.
Great Video Jimmy! I would love to see more content like this!
Great review and very inspiring. Yes! Please do more film reviews. And I like the new studio setup, too.
Thanks mate, sure will do more, it takes time to make theses so bear with me :)
Thank you, for this review. I hope to find a way to see this movie, eventually. Please do more such reveiws, in the future.
Love your movie maven hat. Your new directions are fully appreciated, more please.
Great Video; I am interested in more of your reviews in the future. Well Done!
Yep….let’s have more!…thanks Jimmy…😘📸
It is supposed to be released here in Japan soon. Can't wait to see it, thanks for the preview.
This is a pleasant surprise. A movie review from you! I'll watch the movie and revert. Meanwhile, keep it coming!
Hey, thanks for the movie tip. I will watch it this winter when Canada's winter lock down starts. A movie that I really enjoyed from 2017 "Kodachrome". It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. I watch it on Netflix.
Thanks Jimmy, these look amazing
A good idea to do this and an interesting review. I look forward to seeing the film.
While I am familiar with W. Eugene Smith's work I was not aware of this movie. Thank you for the review and putting it out there for us. Oh... and please do more movie reviews in the future. You did an excellent job on this movie.
I thoroughly enjoyed your review Jimmy. I loved the Minimata movie ❤ Keep your reviews coming. Sending a huge hello and Kia ora from New Zealand 🇳🇿💖
Thank you! You too!
Excellent review! Please do more when appropriate. Great job.
W Eugene Smith showed how photography and photojournalism can bring to light man's humanity and inhumanity. I consider him the best photojournalist and he has been an inspiration for a long time. His photos of the Country Doctor and images of war are evocative but Minamata was the most heartfelt. I recommend the movie Johnny Depp has managed to portray his essence. Jimmy I am a fan of your channel, I use a Nikon DX but I bought an Olympus EM 5 Mk II for my daughter after watching several reviews including yours.
It was excellent and relevant Jimmy. Thanks.
Great, balanced and relevant video, perfect length too, much appreciated :)
I enjoyed this video Jimmy, and you looking cool 😎
Interesting and its great that its still in the photography genre.
Appreciate finding out about this movie. I always love a good photography movie and had not heard of this one.
Ooo, thank you for that - will try and track film down for this evening.
Thanks a lot. A very good idea to bring this up!
GREAT content. I hit the like and clicked the bell and subscribed. I really appreciated your review and approach. I just saw the film last week now that you ran steam it in the US. I feel this is one of the best films about a photojournalist/photojournalism made to date. I feel that in the next decades we will look back on the work of Lynsey Addario and others in Ukraine right now in a reflective light. Photojournalism is not dead, but that is a verbose rant for another day.
I appreciated your review and am now following you to learn more about your content and what you have to say. Thank you for this.
You're OUR Photography ICON, Jimmy 😇!
Wow!!! thanks mate!
Thanks for sharing Jimmy. My wife and I saw the Minimata images at the International Center for Photography back in the 1990s.
Too bad the movie's not released here in the US.
All the best!
Excellent video, thanks!
added to my amazon watchlist thanks for sharing.
Hope you enjoy it!
I am 300% behind you expanding your range of subjects.... this one is a great start. Remembering the events covered by the movie, I am still appalled by what happened. Mr Smith was an important part of Minamata becoming part of public knowledge. I will say it's a bit on the over the top way of getting people into photography, but different things hit people differently... In this day and age of "eco" everything, this gives those a look at how one man made a difference. Great video Jimmy.
Thank you and I am glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent recommendation. A really good and emotionally moving film.
This is FRESH stuff! brilliant
Ever since you reviewed this movie I’ve kept in back of my mind. I finally got around to watching this movie I’m glad I did.
Glad you enjoyed this!
Excellent - thank you
Liked this!
My fave photo journalist has always been Don McCullin, but thanks for bringing this movie to my attention, look forward to seeing it! Depp's performance looks like a divergence from his usual style. I'm fond of Japanese culture and always hungry for good representation of it.
Great and innovative, thank you! Next time about « Blow up » from Antonioni?
Another great video Jimmy - I'm going to give this movie a watch. If you haven't seen Kodachrome - that's worth a watch for sure on Netflix.
Excellent review, and I enjoyed the film and admired Johnny Depps performance. An upcoming film I look forward to is the biopic about Don McCullin, which will be directed by Angelina Jolie and star Tom Hardy. I also recommend the 2012 documentary about the legendary photographer.
I'm really looking forward to the Don McCullin film. He is probably most famous for his Vietnam photography but I have a book of his photographs taken near his home in Somerset. Very dark and brooding, a long way from typical English countryside chocolate box photos.
Very fascination.
Excellent!
cool idea
Just watched the movie Minamata and have to thank you for the recommendation. Living in Canada and quarantining from being exposed to the virus.
Glad you enjoyed the movie mate!
Thank you
Banned from US release? Ugh. Thank you for letting us know about this interesting film. I hope to see it.
makes me think why banned? wasn't falsely "cancelling" Johnny Depp enough for woke hordes?
@@kamilpotato3764 I have no idea. Has Depp been "cancelled?" I can't keep up. Everything is so crazy lately.
Great I sorry to say I did know of him. I would like to be able to view the film in states. Thank you
Thank you for showing us your thoughts on the movie. I also think one has to watch the movie with a bit of distance to the historical facts, like Eugene and Aileen aready being married before they arrive in Japan (according to my research, but please correct me if I'm wrong). The movie really shows some deeper aspects of photograhy and the ver saddening story about Minamata's people. Another movie I can highly recommend is Scoop!. A Japanese movie about paparazzi, when to press the trigger and even so, if thr pictures should be really published or not.
Thanks
The mother with the child bathing equals Mantegna’ Lamentation
2:25 Does anyone know what lens is on the black Minolta?
Otherwise, Minamata is a great movie.
I've seen it about five times and I never get tired of it.
Some scenes and dialogues stuck in my memory.
In my opinion, Minamata is one of Johnny Depp's best films.
yes looks a great film ... seen a trailer months ago and it definitely got my attention ... been looking for it but can only find on one station .(rent or download) sooner have a hard copy ...so going to wait
Been waiting for this for a while... I live in the us. Is there any way I can see it?
I believe that residents in countries with dictatorial governments, like China/Russia/USA/UK, usually use a VPN on a film streaming service located outside the USA? Good-luck and be glad you live in The Land of the Free 😉
Thanks, Jimmy
where can I find this movie?
I found it at Apple's iTune store. I am not sure about others but in UK, we can buy or rent from Apple, Google, UA-cam and Amazon Prime Video.
I’m currently living in Japan and trying to document as much of the country as I can with my father’s Minolta Autocord.
Have you seen the movie The Bang Bang Club? It was based on several South African war photo journalists including Kevin Carter who later won the Pulitzer Award. I would be interested in your views on this movie.
yes good movie
Her name is Aileen not Mioko.
So sad that photojournalists are not fully recognised anymore! Nowadays it’s all silly little shallow videos that do not portray the powerful message of the the issues at hand or give the masses an idea of what is going on, and reaches out to the masses. Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Eugene Smith was fantastic, and drew millions into this sad and very disturbing time in history. Johnny was above powerful in this role, bringing it to the people.
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Why is this film banned in the U.S.?
Someone told me that it wasn't banned, it's not promoted. You can still find it through streaming I think. I am not sure as I don't live in US. The reason being Mr Depp has a court case and convicted for domestic abuse. The film company didn't want any negative press so decided keep everything low profile. But it's a shame as this is one of the best Depp movies I've ever seen!
@@Red35Photography Depp was Never convicted nor even charged with any abuse,it was simply allegations from a liar with Hollywood going with the narrative 'believe all women' there is a court case in April where Depp is suing her for defamation
Is photojournalism dead in 2021?
It's called a FILM in English.
It's also called a MOVIE in English. It's also called a PICTURE in English. It's also called a MOTION PICTURE in English. It was also called a MOVING PICTURE in English. It was also called a TALKIE in English. Get over yourself.
This film was terrible, JD sleep-mumbling his way to a bank check yet again; his drunken /cynical photographer is hammy and cliched, the only good thing about this film is enlightening people to the actual story and I believe there is a good documentary about the events.