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TWST - Things We Said Today

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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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Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter 10/01/2024
Ujica lays it out here smartly, and without sacrificing the momentum as we charge forward toward an ending that’s beautiful and satisfying. Go to Full Review Lauren Wissot IndieWire 09/05/2024
A
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. Go to Full Review Nicolás Medina Peliplat Dec 4
6/10
"Ujică opts for a fragmented and multifaceted approach, a kind of cacophony of sounds, images, and voices that defined an era but never become fully harmonious with one another." [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Michael Frank The Film Stage 10/14/2024
C+
With the Beatles still reverberating through collective culture, TWST / Things We Said Today contains enough of their power to sustain this film’s entirety. Go to Full Review Louisa Moore Screen Zealots 10/10/2024
This newsreel documentary doesn’t offer much in the way of a traditional narrative, with a hands-off approach that's a bit too distant. I always felt as though I was being held at arm’s length, but still immersed it the atmosphere and mood of the era. Go to Full Review Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf 09/09/2024
4/5
Not just for fans, Ujica’s fascinating documentary is a graphic, telling essay on the state of America, then and now. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Andrëi Ujica

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Tommy McCabe

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Thérèse Azzara

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Shea Grant

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Sarah McCluskey

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Andrëi Ujica

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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, Andrëi Ujica
Production Co
Les Films du Camélia, Modern Electric Pictures, Tangaj Production
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m