The premise of the film, as stated on the IMDb page, centers on a married couple who are daydreaming on a normal day.
Now, what they mean by "normal", I have no idea. The daydream sequences don't so much feel like such, but more like bizarre acid trips or fantasies. The sequences with the husband involve war, death, and religious obsession - including possibly sacrilegious moments involving a crucifix or where he believes he's Jesus...maybe. The wife is more focused on, with hers involving glamorous Hollywood actresses, being pined over by a football player, and their subsequent affair. We also eventually follow him and his daydreams/fantasies as well down the line.
There's no dialogue at any point, and the music adds to the surreal nature of the film - which soon feels like an unhinged fever dream. It ends up reminding me of other SOV horror movies with similar elements or sequences, like Andreas Schnaas' Violent Sh_t and Ron Atkins' Schizophreniac trilogy.
I've only ever seen one other review about the film, and the user says that with these traits (the lack of dialogue, the droning electronic soundtrack, and the shaky camera movements and edits) it could be considered Transgressive Cinema, which starts to make sense. However, much like the reviewer, I don't know if this is a work of true genius that I can't wrap my head around, or it's awful with no real underlying message or symbolism at all - just being chaos for the sake of being, well, chaos. I want to say that there is something hidden within the intention of a lot of the scenes, but I'm not sure if I'm digging for gold in a dumpster and there genuinely is nothing to be had, and I'm just another critic blindly throwing symbolism at the screen until I see if something sticks.
Going into this, I wasn't sure what to expect. I was close to turning it off to go see what else I could find in one of Youtube's many lengthy SOV playlists - and now I'm kind of glad I stuck around to finish it. If you have an hour to kill and you enjoy weird, bizarre filmmaking, then take a look at it and judge for yourself. I'd like to think we can eventually start a discussion about this and what it all means.
Rating: ?/10
Now, what they mean by "normal", I have no idea. The daydream sequences don't so much feel like such, but more like bizarre acid trips or fantasies. The sequences with the husband involve war, death, and religious obsession - including possibly sacrilegious moments involving a crucifix or where he believes he's Jesus...maybe. The wife is more focused on, with hers involving glamorous Hollywood actresses, being pined over by a football player, and their subsequent affair. We also eventually follow him and his daydreams/fantasies as well down the line.
There's no dialogue at any point, and the music adds to the surreal nature of the film - which soon feels like an unhinged fever dream. It ends up reminding me of other SOV horror movies with similar elements or sequences, like Andreas Schnaas' Violent Sh_t and Ron Atkins' Schizophreniac trilogy.
I've only ever seen one other review about the film, and the user says that with these traits (the lack of dialogue, the droning electronic soundtrack, and the shaky camera movements and edits) it could be considered Transgressive Cinema, which starts to make sense. However, much like the reviewer, I don't know if this is a work of true genius that I can't wrap my head around, or it's awful with no real underlying message or symbolism at all - just being chaos for the sake of being, well, chaos. I want to say that there is something hidden within the intention of a lot of the scenes, but I'm not sure if I'm digging for gold in a dumpster and there genuinely is nothing to be had, and I'm just another critic blindly throwing symbolism at the screen until I see if something sticks.
Going into this, I wasn't sure what to expect. I was close to turning it off to go see what else I could find in one of Youtube's many lengthy SOV playlists - and now I'm kind of glad I stuck around to finish it. If you have an hour to kill and you enjoy weird, bizarre filmmaking, then take a look at it and judge for yourself. I'd like to think we can eventually start a discussion about this and what it all means.
Rating: ?/10