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TWST - Things We Said Today

2024 1h 25m Documentary List
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TWST takes as its starting point the arrival of the Beatles in New York for their August 1965 concert at Shea Stadium, and as its title a Beatles song that already anticipates a time when the present moment will have become a haunting past, neither retrievable nor forgettable. But the frame of reference steadily broadens. Adjacent realities of 1965 are juxtaposed--the New York World's Fair, the Watts riots filtering through from the East Coast on television. A cast of thousands summoned up--each separate sphere, each face and place given equal weight, each instant a center. Within these domains ghostly incorporeal presences circulate, their words audible--figures of vanished youth still inhabiting these locations whose gritty photographic textures confirm their reality. A journey to the hidden core of that world both gone and palpably present.

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Lauren Wissot indieWire By using O’Brien’s contemporary journals, Ujica is able to craft a compelling, true-to-life fictional narrative of the lead-up to that legendary night in Queens. Rated: A Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf Not just for fans, Ujica’s fascinating documentary is a graphic, telling essay on the state of America, then and now. Rated: 4/5 Sep 9, 2024 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film TWST is a wistful poem titled after the band’s track of the same name from their popular record ‘A Hard Day’s Night’. It borrows some of the thematic elements that the song has, although Ujică follows a more spiritual path. Rated: B- Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Serena Seghedoni Loud and Clear Reviews We only get 8 minutes of The Beatles in this Beatles documentary, yet the film still manages be unmistakably drenched in the era they shaped. Rated: 4/5 Sep 5, 2024 Full Review Alan French Sunshine State Cineplex Director Andrei Ujica creates a stunning work of art, combining archival footage, personal diaries, animation, and narration to provide a broader sense of the moment. TWST shines as a result, despite a frustrating final act. Rated: 7/10 Sep 4, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis TWST takes as its starting point the arrival of the Beatles in New York for their August 1965 concert at Shea Stadium, and as its title a Beatles song that already anticipates a time when the present moment will have become a haunting past, neither retrievable nor forgettable. But the frame of reference steadily broadens. Adjacent realities of 1965 are juxtaposed--the New York World's Fair, the Watts riots filtering through from the East Coast on television. A cast of thousands summoned up--each separate sphere, each face and place given equal weight, each instant a center. Within these domains ghostly incorporeal presences circulate, their words audible--figures of vanished youth still inhabiting these locations whose gritty photographic textures confirm their reality. A journey to the hidden core of that world both gone and palpably present.
Director
Andrëi Ujica
Producer
Ronald Chammah, Anamaria Antoci, Andrëi Ujica
Screenwriter
Andrëi Ujica
Production Co
Les Films du Camélia, Modern Electric Pictures, Tangaj Production
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m