I don’t think this film can be reviewed traditionally. I believe all film (as is all art) is communication. Film uses a lot of tools for communicating. Video, Music, Acting, Props, Dialogue, Sfx, all used to communicate with the audience and provoke questions and answers.
This film is a creation myth with no sound or “actors” traditionally. You can say theres no plot as we have come to know it either. A series of images taken from an observatory and of the earth for 25 minutes. What conversation occurs then? I think films like this don’t intend for a concrete dialogue to take place.
It places the brunt effort on the audience to make sense of it themselves. It’s meant to make you wonder what the creation of the universe means to you and the creator. I’m going to give my take, but it’s highly subjective.
I believe the creation of the universe flattens time to a single instant. The shots of the sun and the city and the forests and the humans all begin to overlap, interweaving with chaotic textures flashing in front of the screen. The “creation” of the universe feels like the creation of a single moment. A minute of nothingness bursts into an insanity of everything natural in the world. Over time the shots become more warped, muddling together or being rotated and shaped to how the “creator” wills it. There isn’t anything concrete, everything is fluid and interchangeable.
By the end of the film you start to lose the ability to discern between the humans, stars, and land. The Universe, despite its variety, all looks and feels the same. You see that it is all connected, and you aren’t one being but a single part of everything there was, is, and will be.
I don’t think this film can be reviewed traditionally. I believe all film (as is all art) is communication. Film uses a lot of tools for communicating. Video, Music, Acting, Props, Dialogue, Sfx, all used to communicate with the audience and provoke questions and answers.
This film is a creation myth with no sound or “actors” traditionally. You can say theres no plot as we have come to know it either. A series of images taken from an observatory and of the earth for 25 minutes. What conversation occurs then? I think films like this don’t intend for a concrete dialogue to take place.
It places the brunt effort on the audience to make sense of it themselves. It’s meant to make you wonder what the creation of the universe means to you and the creator. I’m going to give my take, but it’s highly subjective.
I believe the creation of the universe flattens time to a single instant. The shots of the sun and the city and the forests and the humans all begin to overlap, interweaving with chaotic textures flashing in front of the screen. The “creation” of the universe feels like the creation of a single moment. A minute of nothingness bursts into an insanity of everything natural in the world. Over time the shots become more warped, muddling together or being rotated and shaped to how the “creator” wills it. There isn’t anything concrete, everything is fluid and interchangeable.
By the end of the film you start to lose the ability to discern between the humans, stars, and land. The Universe, despite its variety, all looks and feels the same. You see that it is all connected, and you aren’t one being but a single part of everything there was, is, and will be.
