I was very impressed by Ronny Carlssons first film in this trilogy - Video Geisteskrank (well, there’s really two movies, not three)
and my hope were sky high for this one. But I’m afraid it’s a little bit too
odd for my tastes, it’s very well made as an art film and the visual stuff is
amazing. There’s no holds barred there what so ever! If you have seen the cult
film Begotten or I Never Left the White Room a film that
I know to be one of Ronnys main influences
you know what I’m talking about! There are strange colours or just something
that looks plain odd. Unfortunately I feel this ruins the film a bit, there are
too much form but on the other hand, it wouldn’t work at all without this
visual excellence. The story is very shallow and the visuals are needed to give
it a special boost so to speak.
It’s a very loose connection between this and Video Geisteskrank but this movie has
some of that gruesomeness that made Video
Geisteskrank so scary too! I don’t feel it in my marrow in the same
manner but it’s there. I think it’s a bit more “difficult” to understand and
that’s why it doesn’t appeal to me as much as it’s predecessor. However, it can
be found on the anthology DVD Experimental
Films Through the Lens of a Shitty Camcorder.
6/10
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