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Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

Full of confronting images that seem to declare

Full of confronting images that seem to declare "this is real life, don't look away" but also gentle meditative and scenic - it is hard to know what to make of Carlos Reygadas' debut feature (now 15 years old). A man travels to a remote canyon telling those that take him there that he aims to kill himself (evoking a Mexican version of Kiarostami's A Taste of Cherry). He rents space in a barn from an old woman who lives high up above the town. Reygados uses widescreen 16mm which gives a strange faded texture to the image which the light often bleaches out; the images are beautifully composed or startlingly odd (in form and content). One can't help thinking about the choices that the director is making. Although slow, the film casts a hypnotic spell as the story unfolds and grand themes (eros, thanatos) jostle with the rough and simple life of the Mexican peasants (nonprofessionals, all), occasionally to the strains of opera heard on the protagonist's headphones (there are many point-of-view or subjective shots). We wait to see what the man will do, wondering what has driven him to this faraway location, but he slowly begins to feel concern for his landlady, Ascen (for Ascension), and the issues she faces in her community. Perhaps his subsequent "intervention" into her life amounts to despoiling or tainting, resulting in the final tracking shot (which I only gradually understood). However, other interpretations may be possible; this is definitely a film where viewers are left to draw their own conclusions. Personally, I couldn't shake the feeling that the natural world portrayed here is a harsh one and that we humans must do what we can to cope with it.

Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

With almost anthropological overtones, Reygada makes in this

With almost anthropological overtones, Reygada makes in this, his debut, a poetic and phantasmagorical journey to the bowels of Mexico that not only shows the vulnerability in rural areas, but also shows the desolation and loneliness in the external and internal landscape of the character. Or something like that, at least, the truth is that nobody seem to know.

Reviewed by dave s 7 / 10

A man escapes the urban nightmare of Mexico

A man escapes the urban nightmare of Mexico City to roam the arid Mexican countryside in search of a place to kill himself. Japon is a film that will cause a significant number of its audience to recoil and this is perfectly understandable. The subject matter is, for the most part, unrelentingly grim. There are some images of animal cruelty and a sex scene between the two lead actors that many will find distasteful. Stylistically, Carlos Reygadas may have been inspired by the works of Bela Tarr and Andrei Tarkovsky as many of the scenes consist of long takes and carefully choreographed camera movement which may be off-putting to many. However, for those willing to give it a chance, it is a beautifully crafted film about one man's attempt to find a reason to live in a world that appears, at least on the surface, not to care.

Japón

2002 [SPANISH]

Action / Drama

Japón

2002 [SPANISH]

Action / Drama

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Full of confronting images that seem to declare

With almost anthropological overtones, Reygada makes in this

A man escapes the urban nightmare of Mexico

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