I'm still sad that Hot Docs (Toronto doc film fest) is over, even though it ended basically a month ago. Watching documentaries just feels so good! There's something about watching live, unscripted action that makes a film extremely involving. It's like breaking down the third wall of most scripted movies to show truly relatable human emotion.
The film we saw on the 2nd last night of Hot Docs was a movie/doc hybrid Love Story. Its creator Florian Habicht intertwines footage of New Yorkers giving him their take on life and love along with their suggested romantic scenarios, played out by himself and "Masha." Take a look at the trailer and one of my favourite scenes from Love Story to get a better picture of the structure.
Love Story's cinematography is beautiful and the lighting throughout makes you want to live in New York during the summertime. Even though it's a quasi-documentary, the wardrobe choices were perfect in helping create a 'summertime in the city' vibe, like Florian's pants are always a flashy pastel (so perfect when he goes to the Coney Island boardwalk), or Masha's orange silk dress. New Yorkers that were filmed each had a unique, confident style that added their "character." Even though this footage is from "Real Life," it seemed like they were characters, like in the scene I linked above, Libra's tight white ensemble seems to fit perfect with her sanguine, vivacious personality.
Florian at Coney Island, Masha holding the red velvet cake
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