(Flash Review)
Apparently we are presented with a woman who has a terminally ill mother. She quickly dies after her daughter brings her some sort of potent herbal drug to smoke. This event torments her for the entire film. There are an abundance of vague scenes that are shot to visually highlight the woman's emotional state with lots of reflections and double exposures. Yet for me are way too abstract (I enjoy abstract visually-focused films; Terrence Malick - need I say more?). What questions are we supposed to wrestle with while watching? The infinite turmoil she has for ending her mother's pain? You certainly feel and experience her loneliness and you can argue how small she feels in the world while wandering through trees in the Red Wood Forrest. Even after watching the bonus feature of the director duo, I didn't get any more clarity. That is apparently the point; the viewer brings their own interpretations to it. So....it was visually impressive but super thin on context.
Apparently we are presented with a woman who has a terminally ill mother. She quickly dies after her daughter brings her some sort of potent herbal drug to smoke. This event torments her for the entire film. There are an abundance of vague scenes that are shot to visually highlight the woman's emotional state with lots of reflections and double exposures. Yet for me are way too abstract (I enjoy abstract visually-focused films; Terrence Malick - need I say more?). What questions are we supposed to wrestle with while watching? The infinite turmoil she has for ending her mother's pain? You certainly feel and experience her loneliness and you can argue how small she feels in the world while wandering through trees in the Red Wood Forrest. Even after watching the bonus feature of the director duo, I didn't get any more clarity. That is apparently the point; the viewer brings their own interpretations to it. So....it was visually impressive but super thin on context.