Argentinian drama. Exceptional sound design, characters are in some kind of daze, title means swamp. Slice of life on some hot summer day, kids running free, adults not seeming to care, a lazy cool aspect i'm picking up, i'll surely comprehend it better after the supplements, just like old times for me but augmented with the evolution of technology.
This will be CC #2 ... CC for Criterion Channel, for #3 onwards to be in the title, an exercise to help me internalize what i see and be more familiar with them. Criterion films are usually singular artistic achievements and it would be wrong of me to forget them, they're like glorious paintings you go see in a museum. Something like that. For those who see film as an art form and you live in North America, Criterion is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopefully their streaming service will become more global. I've read that even VPN's can be of less use when it comes to the mighty Criterion, but if you live elsewhere and can use it, share with us all, i'd like to hear how it goes, and as always i'd be enthused to know of successfully bringing anyone to a new film favorite.
My Letterboxd review:
Slice of life, structured like those early anti-theatre Fassbinder films (ie: Katzelmacher) where you get these deadpan scenes with the main characters, life caught unawares sort of a docudrama aesthetic, subtle unease, the disturbing aspect is how nonchalant they are, but the message i think is how the film provides the ambiance and situatedness that makes that aloofness make sense, they're all essentially sizzling in the heat, just trying to relax, a part of relaxing could be said to act calm first, and maybe it'll come for real later.
