Ancestors

Written by Emma on 2025-01-03 at 03:34

I've decided to participate in the #criterionChallenge this year, mainly to reduce my indecision when looking for a movie to watch. I also am adding an additional challenge on top of it, to do some drawings inspired by each film I watch for the challenge, since I haven't done much drawing in a long time and I'd like to pick it back up again.

The first film I watched was Festen (The Celebration). This was for prompt 2, "Watch a film from the year you were born"- 1998. I can't say I enjoyed the film (it's a very grim movie) but I had fun drawing some of the scenes and characters.

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Toot

Written by Emma on 2025-01-07 at 23:40

Criterion Challenge prompt 49: female filmmakers. (as you can tell, I'm not doing the prompts in order.) Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet.

This one hit close to home, since I have a family member who died in a similar manner, though under very different circumstances. I appreciated how this film captures the ambiguity that can surround a sudden death. In some deaths, you really can't arrive at a 100% certain understanding of exactly how it happened, and I liked that this movie didn't shy away from that.

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Descendants

Written by Emma on 2025-01-24 at 02:00

Criterion Challenge prompt 1: Watch a film from the CC40 Boxset. The Night of the Hunter.

I love a good thriller, and this was no exception. I particularly enjoyed the way music was used throughout, and I now have "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" stuck in my head. It was also a fun challenge to do my illustrations in black and white, matching the movie.

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Written by Matthew Conroy on 2025-01-24 at 02:25

@emma Nice drawings! One of my very favorite movies! Cheers!

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Written by DB 🇵🇸 🌎🌏🌍 on 2025-01-27 at 05:12

@emma Oh, that's a great one! Directed by the wonderful actor Charles Laughton. Your illustrations really do it justice! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

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