My review of this Netflix play now film.
“Example 30 Minute 23.976 Remote Content” – not sure of the Director’s name.
I doubt the film will be there long, so I need to keep the review here for posterity.
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An unbelievable expose of time’s fragility. Compressing it is like the feeling of time shortening as we age. Watching it is almost like looking into a mirror with mortality staring back at you. It is a laboriously ponderous film, not unlike some of the early directors in the experimental genre. It reminds me Stan Brakhage’s mothlight. His words: “what a moth might see from birth to death if black were white and white were black”. You can find metaphysical aspects to it, but it is myopic & an intellectually lazy way to interpret such a complex interplay of elements involved in each shot. It’s more of a Warholian expose of culture versus a convex distortion with the self awareness involved inside of social excesses. Almost as if the courtyards / fountains are genuflecting in unison, sharing the mundane kineticism of banal moments into a unified awareness of passage of moments. I have only watched this 8 or 9 times, so I haven’t gotten past my awe or bewildering, fetal like glow manifested in a centered calm. It’s like I am flowing through the earth’s crust; I am a mineral hot spring being thrust between sinewy veins of a complex system far beyond my capacity to control/understand. 2/3 of the way through the film he throws in a red herring to sabotage the existential tone, aware & wary of the arbitrary consolation of viewer’s arcane perception of what unfolds. The viewer will heighten their senses to create a complexity that will be, obviously, unkind to the intent & ghostly flow of the film.
By far the best film I have ever seen… and I am excited to see the other edits available from niche stores. A Greek specialist in Prague who carries Anime has an uncut version that rivals Stroheim’s Greed. Expect much from this young artist, as filmmaker would sell the director short. Disappointed that more haven’t reviewed this; a superb example of sublime minimalist experimentalism.