This one is not easy to describe. Hardly any narrative. Slow paced. A lot of wobbly handheld camera. Not much dialogue. Etc.
It resembles experimental video art more than a "conventional" film. The place, Kineta, where it is filmed feels just as important (if not more) than the actors. The energy and aestics of the locations and loosely connected scenes is placed in the foreground and the rational and intellectual material for the mind is placed far away in the…
A perfect combination for me of Japanese surrealism, sleaze and free jazz (the movie itself feels like it's made with a "free jazz attitude", which I like very much). I can see a bit of Kôji Wakamatsu and Alain Robbe-Grillet in it - but rougher, more unpolished and low budget.
Wonderful weirdness!
This was the third time I watched it. And it's getting better and better every time. New layers of before not seen WTF-ness reveals itself.
So weird, bizarre, insane, strange etc... Which is a positive thing for me.
This one was almost too extreme even for my taste.
I've seen three other Serra films before, and loved them all very much. Even loved the lack of story. But here it felt like he took it to another level.
It feels like a study in everyday meaninglessness. Like someone forgot to turn off the holiday video camera. Endless scenes of conversations about nothing. Probably intentional. And the imagery has almost nothing of interest to offer.
I am provoked (and…
