Media Resopnse 2

5 minutes into the video posted below is a dinner scene from 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days. The focus of the scene is on the young blonde woman (Otilia). She is at her boyfriend's house for his mother's birthday. She is late to the party because she is helping her friend have an abortion, which is illegal in Romania. No one at the party knows what she was doing before coming to the party.

Just in case you don't speak Romanian, the conversation is rather frivolous. They ask her about her studies, they make some disparaging comments about the working class, the best way to make potatoes, young people are rude these day, etc.

This is a very rich scene with a lot of meaning in the context of the entire film, so if you haven't seen this film, then perhaps that isn't coming through, but that's actually okay for this post.

Do you remember playing this game when you were a bit shorter?



I think this game conditioned me to like the unique and have a desire to find that which isn't like the other. This seems like what teachers are doing daily. Finding that which is unknown to students and helping them see it, so that it changes the way everything is viewed. I love it when someone can change my mind.

This scene from 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile will now always be a part of any editing lesson I teach. This is unique and different, but not wrong. It is very effective. The work that a particular student does may be different, but if the correct themes are there and effective: well done.