Nine Things About the Movie Post Tenebras Lux
1. This is one of the most abstract films I've seen in a long time.
2. The director, Carlos Reygadas, made this film based partly on things that happened to him in his life.
3. The movie is really not much more than a random collection of scenes from a man's life in the hills of Mexico, mixed with a contemplation of desire and fantasy.
4. So we have scenes of a girl wandering in a field, a demon moving into a house, a rugby match, a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, a sex spa, and other disconnected events.
5. Reygadas said he wanted to make a movie where you feel life experiences more than understand them rationally. That's an understatement. Not very many scenes in the movie make much sense or seem to have a point.
6. Reygadas is onto something; there are some individual scenes that are very well done, and fascinating to watch. They touch on such deep life truths that you can only stare in awe.
7. But then there are other scenes that are pretty damn boring.
8. The movie is so "artistic" that it almost implodes. It is filmed in a 4:3 aspect ratio, like an old-fashioned TV. There is also a distortion effect around the edges of the screen, like you're looking through a window or something.
9. In the end, the only person that can really relate to what's going on is probably the director himself. And he's not explaining anything.
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