A man finds himself trapped in a desert canyon with a woman living off-grid who is captive to a pack of sadistic boys.A man finds himself trapped in a desert canyon with a woman living off-grid who is captive to a pack of sadistic boys.A man finds himself trapped in a desert canyon with a woman living off-grid who is captive to a pack of sadistic boys.
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- TriviaThe movie borrows heavily from the Japanese movie Suna no onna (1964) (Woman in the Dunes).
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written by Tove Lo, Ludvig Soderberg, Sibel Redzep, Tim Nelson
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Woman in the Dunes 2023??
I immediately see the influence of the classic Japanese New Wave film "Women In The Dunes" from 1964, by Hiroshi Teshigahara, based on a book by the Existentialist Novelist Kobo Abe. Teshigahara would go on to adapt a number of Abe's books to film. It is available for free viewing at Archive.org. Some of the scenes are a scene for scene copy (or homage).
The cinematography in "The Seeding" is outstanding, with great wide angle shots, and pans of landscapes. The first scene shows the man's car parking on a desert road cul-de-sac. The overhead shot resembles a sperm cell, with the road being the tail. A symbolic reference to the title and things to come. Ken Russell did a similar shot in the 1969 film "Women in Love", in which a (probably drunk) Oliver Reed dies while walking in snow.
With my expectations elevated for a fantastic sublime film, I was disappointed by the unimaginative screenplay and the real let down of a sloppy and apathetic conclusion.
I would recommend the movie for the filmmaking alone, but it is frustrating to think it could have been better with a rewrite.
The acting is well done, though I would have had the women have a stranger demeanor, considering she has not seen the outside world.
The plot leaves too many questions, and many simple questions are not even brought up by the Man. The writer didn't convey a plausible lead character. In the end, the project is essentially scrapped. The difficult issues are not brought into the screenplay which is disappointing.
As a "Horror" film it has some of the gore, but the film doesn't entirely embrace the genre. In the end the film simply misses the target. This due to the fact that the filmmakers were not sure of what they were aiming for in the first place.
The cinematography in "The Seeding" is outstanding, with great wide angle shots, and pans of landscapes. The first scene shows the man's car parking on a desert road cul-de-sac. The overhead shot resembles a sperm cell, with the road being the tail. A symbolic reference to the title and things to come. Ken Russell did a similar shot in the 1969 film "Women in Love", in which a (probably drunk) Oliver Reed dies while walking in snow.
With my expectations elevated for a fantastic sublime film, I was disappointed by the unimaginative screenplay and the real let down of a sloppy and apathetic conclusion.
I would recommend the movie for the filmmaking alone, but it is frustrating to think it could have been better with a rewrite.
The acting is well done, though I would have had the women have a stranger demeanor, considering she has not seen the outside world.
The plot leaves too many questions, and many simple questions are not even brought up by the Man. The writer didn't convey a plausible lead character. In the end, the project is essentially scrapped. The difficult issues are not brought into the screenplay which is disappointing.
As a "Horror" film it has some of the gore, but the film doesn't entirely embrace the genre. In the end the film simply misses the target. This due to the fact that the filmmakers were not sure of what they were aiming for in the first place.
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- Mar 15, 2024
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- Gross US & Canada
- $4,974
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,022
- Jan 28, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $4,974
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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