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Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion (Prisca Bouchet & Nick Mayow)
In the wide-open spaces of Montana, a glimpse of the set of Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, which earned her an Academy Award for best directing after a decade-long hiatus. Narrated by Campion herself, it also features her sketches, notes, and visual inspirations.
Where to Stream: Le Cinéma Club
Enys Men and Bait (Mark Jenkin)
Perched on the cliff of a windswept island off the coast of Cornwall is a shock of white flowers. Every day a woman studies their petals in religious silence before heading home and jotting notes in a diary. Date. Daily temperature. Observations. The year is 1973, the month April, and that’s about as much...
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion (Prisca Bouchet & Nick Mayow)
In the wide-open spaces of Montana, a glimpse of the set of Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, which earned her an Academy Award for best directing after a decade-long hiatus. Narrated by Campion herself, it also features her sketches, notes, and visual inspirations.
Where to Stream: Le Cinéma Club
Enys Men and Bait (Mark Jenkin)
Perched on the cliff of a windswept island off the coast of Cornwall is a shock of white flowers. Every day a woman studies their petals in religious silence before heading home and jotting notes in a diary. Date. Daily temperature. Observations. The year is 1973, the month April, and that’s about as much...
- 4/21/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Aztec story of creation is one of birth through destruction; of life existing because death occurred. According to their myths, in the beginning, the god Ōmeteōtl (who contained both male and female forces) created itself and gave birth to four children, each representing the cardinal points. From these children sprung the elements and creatures, including a powerful sea monster called Cipactli who waged a battle against the gods that ended in its death, from which the cosmos was born.
Although one simple paragraph doesn’t do justice to the richness of Aztec mythology, one can almost hear whispers of their story of creation in Helmut Dosantos’ majestic Gods of Mexico, a piece of nonfiction that evokes the fascination with which ancient Mesoamerican civilizations viewed the universe. There is a hint of stories being passed orally from generation-to-generation in a film that is, for the most part, dialogue-free, a work that expertly combines poetry,...
Although one simple paragraph doesn’t do justice to the richness of Aztec mythology, one can almost hear whispers of their story of creation in Helmut Dosantos’ majestic Gods of Mexico, a piece of nonfiction that evokes the fascination with which ancient Mesoamerican civilizations viewed the universe. There is a hint of stories being passed orally from generation-to-generation in a film that is, for the most part, dialogue-free, a work that expertly combines poetry,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Jose Solís
- The Film Stage
A series of rituals play out across Helmut Dosantos’ nearly wordless documentary “Gods of Mexico.” Honing in on Indigenous communities and their labor in Mexico despite the shadow of the country’s creeping modernization, Dosantos’s breathtaking film recalls the work of Ron Fricke and Godfrey Reggio in its emphasis on the juxtaposition between static imagery and the syncopated rhythms of manual labor. Highly formal in its construction, “Gods of Mexico” eschews context for a fully immersive experience that is ultimately hypnotic, even if its overall message sometimes gets muddled in the process.
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Dosantos splits his film into two sections: “White,” which follows workers in the South’s salt pans in crisp black-and-white cinematography and “Black,” which turns to the North’s underground mines and is presented in color.
Continue reading ‘Gods Of Mexico’ Review: A Wordless and Hypnotic Exploration of Indigenous Mexican Communities at The Playlist.
Read More: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023
Dosantos splits his film into two sections: “White,” which follows workers in the South’s salt pans in crisp black-and-white cinematography and “Black,” which turns to the North’s underground mines and is presented in color.
Continue reading ‘Gods Of Mexico’ Review: A Wordless and Hypnotic Exploration of Indigenous Mexican Communities at The Playlist.
- 3/3/2023
- by Christian Gallichio
- The Playlist
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