13. "heart of the mission district. " In response to Reply # 11 Thu Apr-11-19 05:11 PM by double negative
i was there for 10 years.
I saw that city go from a vibrant place to a weird alt version of itself.
it used to be you could be there and be poor and broke and just live your life, maybe have a baby and just keep doing you. Then shit flip flopped and got serious quick.
I think the sign of the times was...ok, the mission was predominately latino for a long ass time. Its the GO TO place for good ass mexican food and there are literally tacquerias on damn near every corner. The big sign that it was time to leave that place was when they opened a mexican food for white people place in the neighborhood. Think indie chipotle with a dash of hipster.
Forever it was just a bunch of broke hipster kids who all looked the same and wore the same uniform but then suddenly they got replaced with a new gang of folks who looked the part and wore the uniform awkwardly kind of like an undercover cop trying to blend in with the cool kids.
We had so many "who the fuck is you?" moments when we would go to our favorite bars and they would be packed full of strangers all wearing the uniform and trying to look the part.
We were the folks who arrived in SF right after the first dot com bust and the city was a place to just chill, we were all broke and in it together - well, actually, a good amount of folks were even in tech then but there was a HUGE difference from the first wave of folks to the new people who came through like "fuck is you? All of this *waves hands in air* is MINES now". Unlike the veterans who were down to kick it if you had no money these were the folks who were just built differently. Its hard to explain...kinda like the difference between someone who has lived in a big city for a long time vs. a visitor who swears the next stranger is going to steal all of their shit or snatch a purse.
Black folks are mostly in Bayview Hunters Point - the funny thing is that they've been trying to get some sort of entry into the hood for a long time and get that gentrification machine spun up but its been tough because that area (when I last checked 6 years ago) has the highest rate of home ownership.
I wish I had some way to engage with the folks there when I lived in the city but that part of town was way across the way and there was no real way to get to know the folks unless related by blood or location.
7. "trailer 10/10 would watch again" In response to Reply # 0
seeing a dude I knew from NY, Koba Sounds on IG https://www.instagram.com/kobasounds/?hl=en post ridiculously vivid photos of SF really make me appreciate the beauty of the city. The same magic is here in the shots but then the story itself seems very rich. I definitely want to see this.
Notice a lot of use of red. I know every time I visit that red is more common up there, just wondering if there's a symbolic reason for it in the movie or if it's just being factual. Dumb sidenote, but I'm kind of fixated on that kind of stuff.
17. "RE: The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Official Trailer " In response to Reply # 0
Great concept
Beautifully shot.. especially the parts of the main character skating down the steep Frisco hills.
Some interesting performances
BUT
This did not work well as an entire story/movie for me. The tone was difficult to pin down. The relationship between the 2 main characters was interesting; however, it needed a little more fleshing out for me.
I must admit, the part where dude from the neighborhood died and his homeboy switched from violent anger to mournful tears got me. Pretty powerful.
Basically, lots of cool ideas, but this script needed at least one more draft.
18. "RE: The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Official Trailer " In response to Reply # 17
>I must admit, the part where dude from the neighborhood died >and his homeboy switched from violent anger to mournful tears >got me. Pretty powerful. > Maaaann....i might have been chopping onions for that scene.