After discovering that he is attracted to a classmate, an adolescent boy begins seeing and experiencing strange things.After discovering that he is attracted to a classmate, an adolescent boy begins seeing and experiencing strange things.After discovering that he is attracted to a classmate, an adolescent boy begins seeing and experiencing strange things.
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this is an important but obscure film in LGBTQ+
When i stop and i think about it, this is the first movie i've ever watched that was explicitly and straightforwardly queer. i found it in youtube when i was about 15, and i will never forget the profound emotion and connection i've felt with it. not only it was about something i was feeling, but it also was such a mesmerizing experience. today, 6 years later, its power is still very strong.
the whole thing feels like a dream, a nightmare, to be precise. there is density and tension in the atmosphere, highlighted by a disturbingly slow (and purposefully unnatural) pace.
the cinematography is foggy and blurred, and the camera movements and editing are fluid and slow, giving the visuals an uneven, unrealistic and nostalgic feel. the sound design has an amateurish and experimental quality that suits the film very well too, with loud, opressive ambiences (constant clocks, crickets and insects) and a haunting noise-like music to go with it.
combine all of that, with beautiful and infinite praire landscapes, great performances from all the cast, influences of body horror, doppelganger horror and surrealism, and a strong nod to magical realism: what you get it's not only a mere lgbtq+ film, but a QUEER film that defies the logic of reality and fantasy, and very acurately portrays the queer childhood and the nightmare it can become. one of my favorites, all the way.
the whole thing feels like a dream, a nightmare, to be precise. there is density and tension in the atmosphere, highlighted by a disturbingly slow (and purposefully unnatural) pace.
the cinematography is foggy and blurred, and the camera movements and editing are fluid and slow, giving the visuals an uneven, unrealistic and nostalgic feel. the sound design has an amateurish and experimental quality that suits the film very well too, with loud, opressive ambiences (constant clocks, crickets and insects) and a haunting noise-like music to go with it.
combine all of that, with beautiful and infinite praire landscapes, great performances from all the cast, influences of body horror, doppelganger horror and surrealism, and a strong nod to magical realism: what you get it's not only a mere lgbtq+ film, but a QUEER film that defies the logic of reality and fantasy, and very acurately portrays the queer childhood and the nightmare it can become. one of my favorites, all the way.
- yusufpiskin
- Dec 21, 2019
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