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Una sección de crítica opinando sobre El color de los olivos.
Taipei 2008 REC, La novia errante, Malos hábitos y El color de los olivos se contaron entre los filmes con mayor afluencia de público. El color de los olivos atrajo a un público más comprometido política e ideológicamente con su denuncia documental del acoso del ejército israelí a una familia palestina, aislada de la comunidad de Masha por el muro edificado por los israelíes.
Jeannette Catsoulis  With its contemplative tone and haunting images, The Color of Olives may be the most peaceful documentary ever to arrive from a war zone. The Color of Olives is a film about forbearance and isolation and near-mystical connection to the land. Using only natural light, Ms. Rivas and Mr. Sarhandi frame everything with an artistry that belies the difficulty of their working conditions, creating a film as unhurried and dignified as the Amer family itself. Leer texto completo (en inglés).
Claudia Lindner The sober report and the total lack of emotions has a stronger effect on the audience than any emotional appeal, crying and praying for the help of God could. Because it doesn't give any viewer the chance to disqualify the protagonists as some hateful screaming Arab fanatics known from the news media. Instead, the prevailing reaction on the side of the audience may be helplessness and the idea that there is something terribly wrong about this situation. In the end, Carolina Rivas doesn't give the audience a solution, a happy or at least hopeful ending in her film, no catharsis. There is not even a closing comment after the camara accompanied the family for 8 days. Leer texto completo (en inglés).
Prairie Miller What is the sound of things growing, and for that matter, being crushed? That sound can be no sound at all. Mexican director Carolina Rivas' The Color of Olives is, in this sense, a different kind of silent film. But with minimal dialogue and spare text, this documentary about the inhumane plight of one West Bank Palestinian family has conversely an enormous amount to say express about the often muted, scarring moment-by-moment experience of oppression.
Jay Carr Rivas' resolutely unsensationalistic approach plays no small part in making our hearts go out to the Amers in this film that reminds us of the eloquence of understatement.
Joe Leydon Through slow accumulation of workaday details, The Color of Olives offers a sympathetic portrait of a Palestinian family that stoically survives while virtually imprisoned in their own home by Israeli barricades on the West Bank.
... visually intriguing, elliptical documentary about a Palestinian family living in the West Bank gets points for its artful approach ...
R. Emmet Sweeney Rivas's compositions are undeniably sharp ...
Debra White-Stanley [The] rare use of the human voice allows the filmmakers the freedom to combine images through rhythmic and graphic editing that challenges the viewer to make connections. METRO MAGAZINE Review of the Melbourne Palestine Film Festival, 2007 Dmetri Kaski Watching this multi-award-winning film put me in mind of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Both the play and this film share the same sense of helplessness and despondency that arises from being made to wait and to watch for something that may or may not come. The Colour of Olives is a brave, contemplative, oddly dignified study in frustration and isolation, certainly a highlight of the weekend. YASK DESAI The film is inspirational not just for the story it tells but also because it is clearly made on a small budget with low end equipment and a small crew, yet it effectively manages to extract and retell a story of bravery and persistence while addressing the larger issue of state sponsored oppression. |
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