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First, the Recap:
Ah, the comforts of a place we consider our sanctuary, our location of rest, our escape from work–home. Yet, do we actually ever realize how much can be going on within said domicile, which could possibly be more “alive” with activity and aural wonder than we’ve ever truly acknowledged. How about a little adventure that takes us within this mystery and perhaps becomes a bit of an awakening to what’s really going on around us.
Next, my Mind:
Animation is a constantly evolving factor within the film realms, no matter what level of the art form that contains it. As the first film of such nature in my viewing of the efforts being presented at the 2020 Berlin Revolution Film Festival, this four and half minute project from director/animator/editor Luca Cioci beautifully characterizes and brings to life what most of us would dismiss as mundane, ordinary, or just plain ignorable–the myriad of sounds that make up home. I know, you might even be trying to convince yourself it sounds just that, not something worthy of creating even the shortest film about. Guess again, folks, guess again.
Frankly, this critic found it not only a mix of engaging, whimsical, wholly artistic, and eccentrically stirring filmmaking, but the sheer wonder of colors, sounds, and everyday items and functions depicted literally does make one think about paying attention to what’s happening at home more closely. With both blatant and subtle imagery and audio nuances, the we witness and hear the whole that is a house and its “daily life”, while through it all, every object portrayed maintains its own unique intrinsic value based on its individual place or use.
Covering the widest of ranges, within even some of the film’s events being built up from the perspective of one of the home’s residents arriving back from a day at work, we get everything from the fish bowl, to the kitchen, to feet running, utensils being utilized, cooking, doors opening and shutting, T.V. static, water flowing, fabric being cut, and it continues on and one, with really not one single aspect of this home’s aesthetics or “responsibilities” to its owners and their routines left untouched. Honestly, it’s really a flipping of perspectives, with the home itself taking on how it needs to serve its owners as opposed to watching it from the opposite viewpoint of the owners.
Perhaps this is all to bring us around to a place where we can stop, take a breath, and really relax from the day to day chaos that is life, a reminder to heed the little details and facets of what makes up the world, or home, around us and find a new appreciation for it. The animation here is spot on, straightforward, and playfully fulfilling to view, with every item being brought to bear clearly defined and created. With the pairing of this and the accompanying sounds associated with all being presented, it makes for a totally worthwhile experience and I felt allows for gaining an ongoing respect for the inherent beauty to life that animation brings.
Therefore, in total, “Medium Rare” stands as a fun yet oddly, but maybe not surprisingly, evocative piece of indie filmmaking to cause us to ascertain the value of what we call “home”, to never take it for granted, and to, as stated above, just sit back sometime and let its reality permeate our minds in a fresh new way so that we never lose sight of it or the merit it represents.
As always, this is all for your consideration and comment. Until next time, thank you for reading!
