What It Is: A DVD compilation of 5 "underground" short films dealing with the concept of death.Why I Watched It: Tara Tainton thought I would find it interesting.
What I Thought: I did!
Two of the films were indecipherable artsy crap that I won't waste anymore time on, but the other 3 were pretty memorable.
Adoration - a mostly silent, black and white film about the "true story" of a man with so much desire for a girl that he kills her... and eats her. Only makes sense, right?
Dislandia - a truly bizarre depiction of a young girl named Lindsey, her fucked up paper mache masks, and her nightmarish delusions. Remember the freaky video from The Ring? Dislandia is 3 times as freaky and at least twice as long!
Le Poem - a full color French short about a real autopsy with a narrator reading a poem (The Drunken Boat) during the procedure. The character in the poem seems to be struggling with death and, when the film overlaps the poem with the real live autopsy, I got the feeling the poem was being read by the corpse's spirit. Wild!
Highlights: Man hands, draining dirty blood, cannibalism, paper mache, stitched hooves, and sliced eyelids. Oh my!
Who Should See It: Short film connoisseurs, silent film fans, and anybody that enjoys a jolt of the wickedly bizarre.
How Soon: Save it for just before bed and I guarantee you interesting dreams!
Cinema of Death
1 comment:
Freaky! I've got to see the shorts now... your description of Dislandia alone is enough to frighten me and give me the willies even without having seen it myself! ewwww
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