If you’ve ever taken a film class or read a screenwriting book or a pretentious film think piece (Hi!) or tolerated a speech from your pretentious film snob friend, chances are that you’ve heard the term “story structure” thrown around in one way or another. When I say, “ Snow on Tha Bluff doesn’t have a story,” I want you to know precisely what I mean, and understand that this isn’t meant to be a criticism. Now, before we get into the thick of it with Snow on Tha Bluff, I feel the need to go back over some basics. SPOILERS, FOR A NUMBER OF FILMS, INCLUDING SNOW ON THA BLUFF, STAR WARS, SICARIO, SCARFACE, AND THE GODFATHER BELOW!Īlso, I think it’s as effective as it is because it doesn’t have a story. I, on the other hand, think that Snow on Tha Bluff is an incredibly powerful and subtle statement against the glamorization of street life and violence in America. On the surface, Snow on Tha Bluff basically looks like Ignorance: The Movie, and if you’re of a closed mind, I don’t think there’s much for you here. (Were I a betting man, I would put my money on most of it being fake, but no answer would really surprise me, and in the end, I don’t think it really matters.)
SNOW ON THE BLUFF DOCUMENTARY MOVIE
One day, a drug dealer named Curtis Snow, who lives in a neighborhood in Atlanta called the Bluff, stole a camera and started filming his life. With a little editing magic, the footage he shot ended up becoming the 2012 docufiction film Snow on Tha Bluff. Some of the footage we see in the movie is real, some of it's fake, and due to the statute of limitations on certain illegal activities portrayed in the film, the director and its subject have refused to offer any clarity on what is and isn’t staged.
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