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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 Ujica lays it out here smartly, and without sacrificing the momentum as we charge forward toward an ending that’s beautiful and satisfying. Oct 1, 2024 Full Review 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 Michael Frank The Film Stage With the Beatles still reverberating through collective culture, TWST / Things We Said Today contains enough of their power to sustain this film’s entirety. Rated: C+ Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Louisa Moore Screen Zealots 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. Oct 10, 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 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, Andrëi Ujica
Production Co
Les Films du Camélia, Modern Electric Pictures, Tangaj Production
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m