Cool Ass Family

So again like Red Light Bandit I did not like this film. I dont think i was supposed to, the outlook so bleak in this film. Aesthetically it had a lot more to say than Red Light Bandit, i think the photos told a story and/or juxtaposed with the family. The family seemed to be telling a story and as was mentioned in class today specifically gender roles. It feels like a family whose roles sometimes switch a forewarning of Brazils future perhaps. The woman is the mother and father, the second in command is the man in trunks and he is the maybe sexually abusive father, while the "child" mumbles through, i thought because he is not being looked after properly by his parents. It is like the child struggles because he is not being looked after by his parents, the parents are unorganised because they are looked after by the state? And then that is juxtaposed with photos of military and religous officals. The one striking thing i found about this film was that sexuality was rampant. The Dad sleeping with the son, the actor from Macuniama singing and being incredibly flamboyant asks interesting questions of what gay rights were at this time. Other than that this film had some other notable features the long takes, the music and the cuts. Some must be due to monatery constraints, others maybe to mess with our heads and i think questioning what our definition of film language is.