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When Jah is robbed and beaten up, JD beats him mercilessly before sending him back out to avenge the robbery.
Great cinematography with beautiful colors and textures in the film but the script and storyline was very dry. This is NOT mounted or matted in any way and does not include anything other than the one sided image (media like vinyl, CDs, or tapes are NOT included). You can see it in the plot details, the nonchalant depiction of casual violence, the flashback structure, the narration, the revenge killings and its bleak pessimism. Yet there’s an excitement to seeing this landscape of yearning hunger and cyclic rage treated with neorealist humanity.For all of Cole’s comments about empathy in the press materials, “All Day and A Night” is terrified of its male characters showing weakness, fully embracing their sorrow or allowing us to care. Hall’s scenes are far more effective because they allow Jah to be more open and receptive, and we can see the things that harden him rather than just hear about them from the narration. Elder Jah tells us in narration that mothers and grandmothers hold most families together in his neighborhood. Nowadays, this material is tired unless the movie can offer a different or more detailed take, one that imparts the filmmaker’s own vision rather than a carbon copy of what once worked. Elsewhere, however, All Day and a Night plays like an urban crime thriller made with more earnestness than style.
The paper is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified to ensure it has been sourced from sustainable forests. The camera follows him with feline grace and dexterity, promising a far more intriguing 122 minutes than we’ll get.
This is relevant because Singleton crafted what I believe to be the ne plus ultra of this type of film.