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ACTOR
Tammy DavisTaungaroa EmileRob MokarakaJeremy Randerson
DIRECTOR
Taika Waititi
SYNOPSICS
Tama tu (2005) is a movie. Taika Waititi has directed this movie. Tammy Davis,Taungaroa Emile,Rob Mokaraka,Jeremy Randerson are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2005. Tama tu (2005) is considered one of the best Short,War movie in India and around the world.
A squad of Maori troops in WWII Europe silently entertain themselves in a destroyed house while waiting to enter the coming battle.
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Tama tu (2005) Reviews
Fun little film
This movie is more comical than anything. That's not to say it's a laugh riot - we are constantly reminded this is war and that people die. Thus there is a tension in the air (among other smelly things) throughout the comic proceedings. I like how it didn't say that there are good guys or bad guys just soldiers doing their jobs and trying to lighten up despite the pressures. It really shows a lot about camaraderie. I also thought the black crow that appears (maybe a raven I couldn't tell) was cool since the tone shifts entirely on one symbol and the end makes you wish it hadn't ended. Funky little short I wouldn't mind watching again 8/10
An excellent short film
I love the way that Taika Cohen who also made "Two Cars One Night" celebrates the little moments in life where we reveal our humanity. If that sounds cheesy, then it's my fault, not Cohen's. His two wonderful shorts capture these moments without sentimentality. I believe that this is his greatest strength: two kids fall in love in a pub car park at night; a platoon of Maori soldiers show respect for victims of war while they are themselves in danger. The shorts are uplifting but real and gritty, both in black and white or muted color, no eye candy, nothing false. This little film started slowly for me. I couldn't really be less interested in group of guys running through a ruined town then hiding in a bombed out building. Then the story starts and with it the humor and warmth. There is no dialogue at all, little music and hardly any color. And yet the story is tells is super. There's more characterization in 15 minutes here that in 3 and a half hours of King Kong, another NZ film! (Actually, that's really mean, but I still think that this director has more to say to us than Peter Jackson has right now.) Watch out for Taika Cohen
Not for me
"Tama tu" is a 17-minute live action short film from 2005, so this one is already over 10 years old. It has received a bit more attention recently again as Waititi's Hollywood career is really turning into something special these days, more of an actor though as of a filmmaker, but with this one here he is the writer and director. And this little movie really received a great deal of awards attention at actually relatively important events too like Palm Springs, Berlin and Sundance, maybe also because Waititi was an Oscar nominee at this point already, so a somewhat big name actually. Well not really that big though. Anyway, there is no spoken dialogue in here, so no matter where you are from, you won't need any subtitles. This is the story of a couple soldiers sitting in a deserted house and apparently not having to go into battle already (again). We watch them in the ways they spend their time their and witness their interactions with each other. It is a rather light movie, even if the comedy also may have to do with them trying to forget the cruelties of war. But is it a good movie? I dare say no. Even if not all the moments are so weak like when Waititi relied on fart-related humor, there is still nothing memorable about this one. I am baffled by the awards attention it received, but maybe then Waititi is just not my preferred choice as a filmmaker as I remember finding his Oscar-nominated work really overrated too. Back to this one here, i give it a thumbs-down as you maybe already guessed correctly. Don't watch.
well-told story without narrative or dialogue
Set in World War I, 6 Maori soldiers fighting for New Zealand, have become separated from their battalion. They make their way through the bombed out buildings of an evacuated town in the twilight of dawn. Low on ammunition, they hole up for the day in a ruined apartment building. To lessen their chance of being detected by the enemy, they wordlessly agree not to speak. With little water and no food, constantly on their guard, the sound of battle in the distance, their predicament seems dire and desperate. But these six men, drawing on their shared culture, know how to make the best of a bad situation. The performances of the actors are wonderful to see; each actor, without speaking, deftly breathes life into his character, until the audience knows each personality. Cinematography is very good and the lighting is spectacular. The director succeeds beautifully in using a silent war story to tell the audience about compassion, camaraderie, humour, courage, and tenderness. I saw this short as part of National Geographic "All Roads" project called "A Short Trip Around the World". Tama Tu was the only dramatic offering of this uneven collection of shorts and stands far above the level of the other pieces. But I would recommend seeing all of "Short Trip" if that's the only way that you can get to see this wonderful film.