Moonlight Explained: Symbols, Camera & More
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- Moonlight is a masterclass in expressive camera and sound. We walk through the film's structure, cinematography, sound and symbolism to show you what you might have missed about this immersive and intimate story. Buy or rent Moonlight on Amazon: amzn.to/2qB296X
Works Cited & Consulted:
* Scott, A.O. (Oct. 20, 2016). "‘Moonlight’: Is This the Year’s Best Movie?" The New York Times.
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Watching this film felt like I was watching real people
Miss X It touches your heart.. these characters are a part of my life now..
considering the story was based on one of the creators actual life, they ARE real lmao.
Its one of the first films I think I've ever seen that made me forget I was watching a film
I understand what you mean, Miss X. I think most films depicting black people tend toward the melodrama, the comedic, etc. Barry Jenkins employs a very Asian aesthetic, which focused on the souls of these characters. So I totally understand your point.
Miss X So true. You almost just felt like you were there. Everything was natural.
There's also symbolism of the cooked meal as Chiron is fed by those who love and care about him.
Also noticed that when he eats is when he open up (with Teresa the first time and with kev the last time)
lol is this an ironic comment?
i that a one hell of meaning
nice work girl
Such a great movie i tho the same
Well no shit
I really loved your analysis, ScreenPrism. But you missed one major symbol - water. Juan takes Chiron to the ocean where he learns how to swim. The ocean can be seen as God, as Juan, the father figure. Fast forward to when Chiron goes home, and there's an epic change done with such subtlety - the TV is gone. It's the beginning of chaos in his home. So what does Chiron do? He boils a pot of water, pours it into the bathtub and takes a bath, a crown of foam on his head. It's a beautiful and subtle cry for help, without the traditional melodramatic flourishes. Then the water theme, becomes, ice water, after Chiron is bludgeoned by Kevin. The ice water, later, introduces Chiron, in act 3, as Black. What do you think?
you can also see in his house a sculpture of Iemanjá, a water deity from yoruba religion
such a good addition. lots of LGBT cinema uses water as a symbol of rebirth and it's used amazingly in Moonlight
@@emharris8085 especially where the water creates connection with close people. Where he had his kiss and Juan become his friend. It influence people into him.
Also water is very symbolic in black lit
It is in water where enslaved people were crossed and where some sought freedom from bondage
Water is an allusion to baptism and rebirth as well as the image of moses parting the sea and the deliverance of the Jews from Egypt was an inspiration to the black community in the US
there’s also I think two instances in the movie where Chiron says he only drinks water
This explanation made me appreciate art of the film even more
Yes! Great video...
Moonlight is a brilliant & masterful story, told in an engaging & captivating way.
Dystiny Bryan me too
Dystiny Bryan the movie wasnt that good..
Yeah I am in that boat as well, i went into it hoping that I was blown away, but unfortunately I wasn't.
I enjoyed the movie very much and it's important message. I just hope that gay teenage Black kids do get to see it through media sources because their parents most likely never will.
Each name is super symbolic. Little, a little child, small in this big, harmful world. Chiron, in greek mythology, a centaur who had a super complicated family situation. Black, cold, hard, carbon.
ezwar99 in the video they suggest that moonlight refers to your true self or inner self. Sometimes it shines through Black's persona, like in the classic man scène and in the end when Little looks back at us. I'm not shure why specifically moonlight symbolizes your inner self though. And I feel like didn't really understand the meaning behind the story either. Good question.
iaytoao I love your take on it!
iaytoao Iaytoao youre absolutely right he was and is shine throw the moon light night. Representing the beauty of the darkness of night,the serenity and calmness,passionate of the water and the vibrent of the moon all and him being moonlight.
Daan, I like your explanation of how the moonlight comes back throughout the movie to sort of symbolically underlight Chiron's true self. I too believe that the environments related to the beach, often drenched in moonlight, powerfully convey a sense of deep peace he longs to return to.
If I may suggest a different approach (because this thought just popped into my head and I don't know if it's any good), I tried to think of the saying "In moonlight, black boys look blue" in context with the scene it's from, where Juan then goes on to tell Chiron that he has to decide for himself who he wants to be. The way I see it, moonlight can represent the filter through which society paints different groups of people, and the veil of deceiving appearances that keeps individuals from really seeing each other for what they are. Others will put all kinds of labels on you based on what they see and what they're told, but they can only tell you who to be if you've internalized that image and put it on like a mask, like "Black" after too much pain made him snap. As this brilliant analysis (the video) pointed out, what the characters project in that story often isn't representative of their inner lives at all. They build up facades and bottle up their emotions to protect themselves from a world that might otherwise crush them, but they lose themselves in the process.
That's all just my personal interpretation of it and I could be wrong, but I like to think that at the end, "Little" Chiron's look has something challenging, as if he's asking "How do you see me now?", because he's no longer afraid whether we think he looks blue under the moonlight or whatever else we were lead to believe about him just by looking on the surface; he's finally grown mature enough to know and accept himself the way he was at that innocent age before life molded him into something else, and which is still part of who he is deep down despite the changes he's gone through.
Daan moonlight is basically dark and usually with us human being we like to hide that part of ourselves that we think society will not accept. So moonlight is sort of when you're not seen (in the dark) you get to decide who you want to be hence looking blue
what i thought was so incredible about this movie is the fact that each actor who portrayed Chiron. had the SAME body language & facial expressions. like it was AMAZING i actually felt like they were the same person growing up
The director would never allow different body and facial expressions to happen
Yess
Nah the last one was fine. He didn't match the others
I feel like the scene at the end when he looks over his shoulder could be represented as the true-self he really is. Out of his three alter ego he’s chosen little which is who he’s always been in the inside.
That's what I took from the last scene as well. After so long, Chiron's true self emerges with the help of Kevin.
that’s such a beautiful meaning
You are absolutely right.... the sound of the waves always brought serenity to Chiron and ultimately reveals his acceptance of his sexuality. The similar scene is when Chiron and Kevin first arrive at Kev’s apartment and Chiron was looking at the waves ... it took him back to the moment with Kevin on the beach as a teenager.
Chiron also turned around over his shoulder when they were teenagers. After Kevin dropped Chiron off, after the beach, Chiron turned to look over his shoulder and smiled a little
I love how Kevin is wearing a blue shirt in the final scene; that's not for no reason.
In the moonlight lil
Black boys look blue
Even in the end when little gives off a blue colour in the moon light
blue is the warmest colour
@@zh9422
Z H garbage film don’t ever compare it to moonlight
I've never watched a movie and felt so deeply, like in every actors eye they evoked emotion.
Very good movie can't stop watching it
CurtisDonDeano honestly. No movie has the feeling of Moonlight ... the movie wasn’t my favorite but no movie ever had a feeling like this
u dont see a lotta movies do u
i completely agree. i felt deep pain at the end with chiron saying that he hadn’t let anyone touch him since kev, thinking about the so many reasons why that was. heartbreaking and so true and emotional
@@GZMauricio don’t know about him but I have and I totally agree, sure there are other great movies but the feeling I get every time I watch this movie is not even comparable to everything else
Not to mention the color of blue in this movie. Its beautifully done. Every time you see the color blue in this movie, its when the main character is either being who he knows he is or being who he think he should be. Moonlight is simply a masterpiece. Nothing less
One of the most well crafted and thought out films of this decade
Sadly cuz black people will never appreciate this...
even though it was written by a black guy, directed by a black guy, acted by an all black cast.... nice
I loved it. The movie is so powerful. And im glad there are gay black ppl, since blacks act like they're different of everyone and better than everyone. It's just paranoic the way they hate LGBT ppl. This race is so hateful towards gays, so sad. love and respect the other, it does not hurt. It's so simple.
yeap, you can blame the Bible, religious upbringing and the image of the Black man in the community. That Macho touch assed image is very important in the community.
Yes! Unfortunately, black ppl hates gay so much...Idk if i can BLAME 100% the bible, but i dont think they have love in their hearts.
The greatest symbolism that I found is the bath scenes within the three phases. Little heats up his water which represents his warm heart and his transition to becoming Black, he ices his face which meant he turnt cold.
That scene
between juan and little man it was overwhelming the guilt juan feels when he tells him he's a drug dealer the shame of it and how you see him start to breakdown into tears great cast and overall beautiful film
Tonally it was masterful. Juan was Chiron's idealized paradigm of masculinity and in the end he modelled himself exactly after Juan .. ever his choice of job. He idolized him.
man even analyses of this film make me cry
Even tho it's a flawed analysis. Why is it that a heterosexual Nerd who later becomes gangster is something that he BECAME. But a homosexual who becomes the same way it's something he's "PRETENDING" to be.
@Aus Tronaut I'm just saying the same logic of either putting on a FACADE or BECOMING someone else should be applied to both the heterosexual and homosexual male...
Black is who he BECAME in my opinion the thug persona is his new identity because he behaves in a new authenticity. He's not necessarily repressing anything but rather he became something else.
I have a hetero cousin who was similar enuff to Chiron as a child and was a innocent soft little cry baby but grew up and got more muscular bass in his voice etc.
NATURALLY this happens, I don't see why heterosexuals interpret it as hiding rather than evolving by adaptation the same way heterosexual males do.
No Thugish male was ever a thug when he was 7 years old and sumtimes not at 14 either.
I'm just saying Black should be seen the same way whether he's hereto or not... It's not like he was ever Feminine to begin with.
@Aus Tronaut innocence is actually the very foundation of all homosexual stereotypes...
And the Analysis here is talking about nothing but Shy Chiron mixed in with his homosexuality.
And my original comment was targeted toward a part in particular where Black was referred to as a Fascade... I bet if Chiron was heterosexual his Black side wouldn't be reffered to as a Fascade or him repressing his true self as opposed to Growing Up from Boy to Man.
@Aus Tronaut .....
.... oh, and also, I remember my Mom saying something on multiple occasions that annoys me. She said that when homosexuals go to the gym and get Buff they are trying to hide being homosexual. So ignorant the massive variety of ignorant things most heterosexuals think... In most cases a homosexual is in the gym for the exact same reason a heterosexual is in the gym. Smh
Same here, the emotions this film evocates are overwhelming.
'We're different people in different stages of our life.' I realized how true this is. BTW nice analysis. Thanks for pointing out why Moonlight is absolutely a masterpiece.
I saw this film yesterday and was so moved when the character said he hadn't been touched for 10 years my heart broke. truly a master class in film making
that was totally unbelievable. you know 50 got deep dicked every so often
Great analysis.
The actor who played the teenage Chiron was awesome, they all were.
I didn't think it was possible, but after this video I appreciated the movie more...
if only Jenkins would win the oscar for directing
la la land is better directed.
You come to this video. To say that!?
Nicholas R. it's true tho, moonlight has the better screenplay and perhaps may be the better film (I still feel La la land is a bit better) but La la land was a harder film to direct therefore it had better director if that makes sense lol either ways both la la land and moonlight are poetically amazing
Elise Patterson Nah, Chazelle deserved it.
Moonlight is so well directed. But i mean, La La Land is like an orgasm for your eyes - So visually stunning and bursts with life and color
I still do think that Moonlight and La La Land are equally amazing movies and that it well deserved that Best Picture win.
I think this was an absolutely fantastic film yet for some reason I didn't get sucked into the movie like everyone else has and after I finished watching it, I immediately came to this channel and I now know why this film has all of the praise and love that it's receiving...it's an actual piece of art that was made by a master filmmaker. The amount of respect, love and appreciation I have for this film has now changed completely. It deserved every award nomination that it received and every victory that it had and hopefully more films will be just as beautiful and deep as this one.
Nicholas Benik I did the same thing
Yes Nicholas. I think great works of Arts can be deceptive. Repeat viewings really open up this film, which is completely untraditional, particularly with black lives. I saw a third time and it crushed me.
I suggest you also watch "Being 17" ("Quand on a17 ans"). Superb movie. Great scenery. Another beautiful love story.
I completely agree with you, the film didn't blow me away when I first saw it, but now I understand the artistry that went into it I appreciate it so much more
Nicholas Benik same
I watched this film last night and can't stop thinking about how great it is! You did a great job of explaining all the reasons why the directing skills and the form supported the narrative and made for such an emotional impact! Great video!
Darren - MUST SEE FILMS your There will be blood video is brilliant keep up the good work
Thanks man!! Love TWBB, such an awesome film!
Darren - MUST SEE FILMS best film I have seen in years. It left me speechless
found this movie on my new app which i downloaded for free yesterday and saw it. it's boxxy software
@@stephaneconstant1302 oooo it seems like a mighty long time
man i just love hearing people talk about this movie
This piece, this profile has me in tears again. So much seen and shared in this epic masterpiece of a movie. I have watched it 13 times and I cried, I weep, I wake up a bit more with each viewing. This. Movie. Changed. Me. FOREVER!
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From a black man who grew up in Miami and watching this film it really pulled at my heart. Someone of the places In the film I worked at and have been to. An just seeing Chirons struggle really hit me.
I'm not sure if anyone else caught this but Chiron's name is spelled the same as Chiron the centaur from Greek mythology. If you look at both Chiron's' stories, there are a lot of similarities, such as the fatherly figure coming into their lives.
And I should mention that ancient Greek was extremely accepting of men being either gay or bisexual; almost expecting it of them (like in their military practices which wouldn't really work now but it worked for them back then.) I feel like I should be mentioned too.
@@pixiebells 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
@@pixiebells too bad religion happen lol and shit people who edited the text from man should not have sex with a boy/child to man should have not sex with man to impose their homophobic beliefs
Chiron is an astrological placement based on the Centaur from the Greek myth. I'm astrology, Chiron is the wounded healer. It's placement begins and childhood and points to an ever renewing wound to the person, that they must figure out how to ameliorate at various stages of their life. Each time the wound will appear at a different frequency, but always the same at its root. The catch is that the very wound afflicting the person is one that they find release from in their aid of helping others. The myth of Chiron truly takes root after he receives the immortality. After he's immortal, he happens upon an incident in which he's accidently struck by a lethal arrow. Chiron, who cannot die, is then fated to suffer eternally... Hit by an arrow made to kill, yet he is built to survive these deaths over and over
Moonlight deserved every award. Beautiful piece.
It's so relieving to read the comments in here... I swear, the internet is full of rage towards this movie. People are claiming that this is part of some agenda, ignoring the fact that Moonlight it's mostly based on a true story. And, ironically, this rage usually comes from the black community. It saddens me how history repeats itself, and people always find some demographic to discriminate, even when, in the past (and even in the present, in some cases) they were discriminated too. At least we've got movies like Moonlight, that show us that despite all the bad things that happen in the world, there's still hope of finding love and tenderness in other people.
Juan David So true this what I don't understand black people were and are still marginalized and persecuted in the US but they turn around and do the very same thing against a part of their demographic (black LBGT) and they justify this with religion and then their want the world to support them when they scream "Black Lives Matter"
I know, right? and it's not just black people who do this...some jews, muslims, and women do the same towards each other. I simply can't understand.
the hate all comes from the Bible and their religious upbringing and esp. the need to maintain that tough assed Macho image that is so important in the community. Sadly, the Black communities do NOT recognize gay people as being a minority like themselves. Also, sadly, most people are parents in the community are never going to see this film but hopefully the gay teenagers will.
People hate to "tras" their real life problems on someone else. It makes them feel better, not for long though.
The hate they send to the next person will either send it to someone else or just ignore it.
The majority ignores it. However it's always the minority who speaks the loudest, thus being the reason it seems like so many folks out there are filled with hate.
Juan, shut up!!!!!!!!
Great analysis of one of the best films of last year
hmmm Blade runner deserved it more
faf fad Moonlight and blade runner were from different years
One of the greatest films of all time honestly, the story is incredible
I noticed something interesting, which was the use of blues. We see the color blue a lot in the first act, which makes sense after we realize the person he admires is nicknamed "Blue". At that final shot, "Little" is completely surrounded by blue.
The film continued to suprise me. including 10 min ago at the oscars lol.
The best movie of the year
This was one of the most beautiful and compelling movies I have ever seen. My husband and I could not stop talking about how that ocean sound in the 3rd act was so subtle and clever to portray the sensory triggers that remind us of special tiny moments from our lives. Thank you for helping us appreciate the mastery even more. The direction and cinematography was robbed of the Oscar, but really happy it got the accolade it deserved.
Cinematography in this picture was phenomenal. I really wanted Jenkins to win oscar for directing and I was sure the movie would win best cinematography but both went to La La Land. I was so disappointed, but it sure was the bast movie last year.
it was an average movie at best and only won because of the liberal pc police affirmative action bullshit. hidden figures was a way better movie before you claim racism
La La Land is Dirty Dancing but brighter colours, Moonlight by far deserved every award it was nominated for
Pretty good, but I would hope people who view this don't see this as comprehensive in regards to what makes Moonlight a complete film. You touch on a lot but something that is really relevant is the influence of artists that Barry Jenkins took in to have a vision like he did for moonlight. The smaller details too, things like how the strings were composed for example. The score has influences of chopped and screwed hip hop in it, a deliberate choice Jenkins asked the composer, Nicholas Britell, to incorporate into the sound. The reason being is the mood that chopped and screwed remix gives a song is this feeling of gloom, despair, sort of hopelessness. And that's because the sound in a way mimics what it's like to listen to music when you're high off opiates (lean in the case of the pioneer of the style, DJ Screw, who died of a opiate and other drug overdose). It's an ugly, unsettling feeling and the music reflects that.
So you got a song like "Middle of the World" that shows this pure scene with Juan and Chiron. Chiron is being taught how to swim by Juan and he gains a small understanding of what it means to be a person after he talks to him. The next new song we hear is "The Spot" when Juan is back in the cut and where he finds Chiron's mother. The song is reusing "Middle of the World"'s strings and mixing them around, kind of skipping them and having them be slowed and distorted. In effect, it's been chopped and screwed. Of course, it's not that pure scene anymore. You're in this scary, dark and uncomfortable area. Yet Juan is present in both scenes. It's quite a shift. You hear "The Spot" again as well in the transition to Black when he wakes up from the nightmare of when he mother yelled at him, yet this time you can hear her scream "don't look at me".
Additionally, the appearance "Classic Man" when Chiron arrives in Miami and takes Kevin home is a chopped and screwed version of the song. And I don't need to even go into the strange relevance that song has to the movie because Pitchfork did it best. I'll trust you to look up and read the article by them, but I'll leave you with the two closing paragraphs: "“Classic Man” is a song of character assessment, if nothing else, but it's not to be believed. “Classic Man” is not the jam of a classic man, but a man who wants people to believe that he is a classic man. The song has the effect of someone haranguing an airline desk attendant, but confirming that he’s a nice guy over and over. How self-assured can you be if you’re running up to everyone on the sidewalk to tell them you’re self-assured?
The whole thing is ultimately a bit of a bummer. There’s a depressive echo in “Classic Man” that I didn’t notice until Moonlight. Just after all of the “my name calling all night” and “I know many women want to be in my life,” there’s a coda: “Even if she go away, even if she go away.” Even with all this urging, there’s an underlying unease that maybe you can never be a classic enough man to keep someone forever. As if a classic man even exists. In sum: Moonlight is a movie that makes you notice all the melancholy there is to be seen in the whole entire world, even in “Classic Man.”"
Again, this is just one small feature of what made this movie "complete" and in my opinion, a perfect film. But it shouldn't be glossed over and I hope people take the time to understand and appreciate what went into this film. Look into things like the cinematography, Jenkins' influences that he draws from people like Wong Kar-wai and Taiwanese New Wave artists and how they influence the movie, just all these little details that I couldn't name in just this small comment. It's lovely and an achievement, and it sure as hell got a fire in my ass to write seriously and pursue my passions in film.
Beautiful analysis, I noticed that too, the chopped and screwed "Classic Man" and how far away Chiron, the real Chiron, is from being a "classic man". There's a subtle kind of despair and melancholy to it, the ache to be seen as something you are not.
Another noteworthy deatail is how he filmed black skin. They all look luminous. If I recall correctly that was a deliberate aim, they would glisten with sweat to make their skin look like smooth black obsidian on camera. It's beautiful. Various scenes throughout the movie can be used as examples of this.
Yeah. I will also add that after Juan takes Chiron home, Chiron enters his "home" only to find his mother about to get high with some dude. One Step by Aretha Franklin is playing in the background. You ever have a song ruined by a moment?
Cut to Black (Chiron) entering the diner to reunite with Kev. One Step is playing again. Kev says, " Ha ha...You're here now man. That's all that matters." It's like saying that he's here in his metamorphasis. He's coming home to Miami and to understanding and forgiving his mother. He's coming home to Kevin because he can't hide from Kevin's eyes. Kevin SEES him. He's coming home to the truth about himself. I feel that the song is redeemed by this new association.
Lyrics:
I'm only one step ahead of heartbreak
One step ahead of misery
One step is all I have to take
Backwards, to be the same old fool for you
I used to be
I'm only one step ahead of your arms
One kiss away from your sweet lips
I know I can't afford to stop for one moment
'Cause I'm just out of reach of your fingertips
Your warm breath on my shoulderKeeps reminding me
That it's too soon to forget you
It's too late to be free, can't you see?
I'm only one step ahead of your love
I try…
I loved that moment with Aretha Franklin singing this song; just took my breath away; the level of Chiron's grief and understanding smacking against each other simultaneously. Gee whiz.
+BahamaWynters yeah but if u a true hip hop head Mos Def use dat sample the song is call fat booty...
this movie was so emotional. very well done!
Great video. This channel is really underappereciated.
the third chapter breaks my heart every time, an absolutely gorgeous movie
Also gotta mention the fact that chiron denies the nickname "black" in chapter two but in chapter three he has basically become kevin's "black" I like this detail very much
Moonlight has an excellent score.
I got something totally different from this movie. Chiron's lack of love as a kid left him searching for it from anyone. It showed that he was still stuck in the past (little boy scene) at the end of the film. He was waaay more into Kev than Kev was into him. And he just couldn't let go. His mother was sick, twisted, and mentally ill. And his lack of any love or support really took its toll on him. Going through the gangster phase. I could tell how uncomfortable and unconfident he was. Bulking up, gold fronts, loud music, and shiny cars can never cover up the truth. He was desperate for somewhere to belong.
I don't get that though. He did have love and support from marharshala and his wife's character.
Most Black men are searching for a place to belong. I truly don't believe Black women have their best interest at heart. Most Black women would choose a mythological Jesus over there own children and men... Truth be known.
@@babaduke3298 you're not a woman...
@@babaduke3298 here we have the typical black guy blaming everything on black women yet again lmfao
Kev is who really seemed to be who initiated the kissing
Best film in years.
This is actually the best film I've seen in this century
WOW...this is like Cliff Notes to the movie! I love this dissecting of the film so much. Breaks it down the intricacies and tells of the skill and talent that earned "Moonlight" it's Academy Award. This is wonderful!
Now I'm crying again ! 😢 this movie brings tears to my eyes it just that good
Nice to have an American movie that can actually be analyzed.
You nailed it
Yup after this movie i really watched a horror one lol
WOW that was beautifully and expertly explained. I totally get it. ❤❤❤❤❤
I cannot remember ever being moved by a film like the way Moonlight moved me. it took me a few days to fully process everything it made me feel and even now I am still processing it ❤❤❤❤❤
I just noticed the symbolism of ice ; the physical transformation of Chiron into Black coincides with Chiron plunging his head into ice cubes, what he apparently keep doing every morning after his beating.
Water is the symbol of the emotional world, of emotions’ free evolution inside someone (that’s why Little learning how to swim and loving to be in tepid/warm water is symbolically important) while ice is the rigid/fixed and most cold state of water, which symbolizes total repression of them by Black.
This analysis makes me cry. I don't know why I watch this over and over again. The narrator's voice is so soothing. I wanna pee myself and cry. 2016 as a movie year was GREAT. Moonlight, Arrival... it's like I was instantly provided with a breathing space for my mind.
God damn this is a great video. This channel is gonna blow up.
Great break down of this brilliant film. See it if you haven't already
Fantastic video, this film is incredibly beautiful.
best video explaining moonlight so far, great job!
what a masterpiece.
if you think handjobs are masterful
They can be.
I"ve rewatched this movie a couple times, always cry. And I've also rewatched this analysis (and several others). If I haven't said it before, Kudos ScreenPrism! You guys are doing an amazing job!
this movie is the most beautiful thing
This captures why I think the film was so extraordinary. An outstanding essay with actual substance! You don't always see that these days.
The thing is, I'm from there and just the sound of the breeze in the beach takes me back home. I closed my eyes for a moment in the movies and felt it. This movie was just great
Moonlight is a brilliant & masterful story, told in an engaging & captivating way.
this is the best movie explanation I've ever watched
This is an EXCELLENT explanation! Thanks for the share! Moonlight is a brilliant phenomenon. Barry Jenkins really thought it through!
Incredible! This channel give me more reasons for love the CINEMA! I'm from Spain, please, follow with this type of videos, it shows us the truth of the filmmaking, share our feelings and thoughts. THANK YOU!
Juank Churchs You should defiantly watch Royal Ocean Film Society if you don't already. Watch the videos lessons from the no budget feature, the one on brad bird and quiet cinematography.
This movie is so delicate, intimate & gentle it scares me :(
Love it from the heart ♥
I don't normally like saying this but this film was a masterpiece.
I loved your analysis of the movie. Immediate subscribe :)
Oh i didn't noticed a lot of things. Great analysis!
Thank you so much for making this video. I have seen Moonlight around 6 times now (I think it is by far the best film of the century so far) and I have noticed most of these aspect of moonlight and many more about how artfully beautiful yet substance filled and realistic it is, movies physically can't get better than this. I have used this video to explain what I mean about it being as good as a said to other people because u guys basically just explain it much better than me.
A wonderful analysis! Thank you!
This film is a MASTERPIECE.
Bro just realized this was an all black drama.
I love every thing about this cinamantic masterpiece. The beauty,vulnerable;complexity,love,uncertainty, realist and depht of Chiron in all three expierences as boy,young man and older man, kevin ,Paula,Juan,Theresa ,the cinematography, writing ;casting , plot all awesomely woven together and displayed.
Brilliant video! Your deep and meticulous analysis of this "visual poem" has amazed me! Congratulations, well done ScreenPrism.
Just wow, I've watched this movie once and never again and only at the cinema, I don't want to spoil the power of it, this is such a universal film in the tender struggle and search for identity in a world full of noise, just beautiful and out of this world, haven't cried so much at a film ever, pure poetry
I just finished this movie, I was moved beyond measure. The longing of love is real. This film is a masterpiece
Amazing analysis. I loved how you touched each aspect of the story and how it's portrayed with real sensitivity and a keen eye. I'd like to add that the way colour blue has been used to depict the transition in self identities throughout all the characters is to be applauded as well. The colours white and black have also used to compliment the use of blue . Really like your work. Keep inspiring!!
Now I appreciate the movie
raymond 21st lmao true
This film feels so simple and smooth but yet so deep, this level of effortlessness and attention to detail makes it a masterpiece. Thanks for the amazing analysis!
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I can't even deny that I cried like a little baby after hearing the symbolism behind this fantastic movie. I, thank you, for that.
I watched this film a while ago and didn't really enjoy it or appreciate it as most other people do and I was so confused as to why? After seeing this I can perfectly see the art and the true message behind the movie that made me appreciate it more and understand why it won best picture. Well deserved and brilliant video!
why did you take so long!!!!
Such a great analysis & nice video.
This was one of the most beautiful movies i had ever saw. It stays with me from day to day and it does something to me unlike any other movie i have seen before it.
This is without a doubt one of the best movies ever
Amazing film, great to have an auteur like Barry Jenkins coming to the circle.
Also, great essay, subscribed and waiting for your future works.
You have such a beautiful epic smile. Keep smiling don't ever stop!
I am quite jealous of your smile.
Dear Boyhood, this is how you do a movie over one person's life. Take note.
Film Magician TRU
No need to compare the two, they're both great in different ways.
I thought Boyhood was bad.
Yeah, that's cause you're smart. It was terrible.
Very true. This movie is so honest and sensitive. Watched it 2 weeks ago, still deeply touched
This film is gorgeous, and the sound design is just amazing. The final shot gives me goosebumps, great film
the subtle similarities that black has to juan at the start of the movie was really interesting to see as well
When I first watched it I didn't understand what the hype was about, but thanks to this video I now understand. Great film
Great analysis! Helped me understand the film waaaay better!
My mind is blown! I loved the camera work and music in the film but this really closes the loop for me. It's explained so well and articulate. Thank you for this!
Every shot was perfect!!! So thoroughly thought through. I appreciated it so much. The use of lighting and color hues. Severed as an another narrator.
As someone who LOVES la la land and Damien chazzelle and fully respects everything he did with la la land, Hankins not wining best director will go down in snubs at Hitchcock levels. This was maybe the most thought out film if ever seen, every shot had a purpose. Chazzelle is great, but Jenkins' work is mastery.
Amazing analysis, it makes me love the movie even more 👌🏾
I almost cry with this analysis more that with the movie itself. Beautiful.
This is a beautiful analysis. I just watched Moonlight this week for the first time in more than a year. Such a masterpiece. This is a story that is told for everyone. We all can relate.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS BREAKDOWN! Awesome
Great film. I love this channel, great video!
Dude...why does this review make me emotional?
I didn't understand this movie at all and when I watched this, I finally understand how beautiful and phenomenal this movie is. Thank you for this video and making me appericate what a godsent movie this is.
what an amazing analysis! I've just subbed! looking forward to more videos
man, I love this movie so much.
This movie means so much to me, I can't even express how thankful I am there is a movie like this on the market
I watched this movie today! And what a beautiful movie I saw. The acting, cinematography, music and colors are all perfect. I cried for Black many times and felt his loneliness and shame.