For those with a hardened stomach and the patience for subtitles this gritty film is a must see. Its chaotic, filthy and sometimes brutal portrayal of the world left me feeling alittle unclean. It touches on themes of misogyny, manipulation, poverty, death, homophobia, suicide, drug addiction, homosexuality, thuggery and rape. Aside from its dark aspects the film is aesthetically pleasing and holds an interesting stance on narrative.
I can understand why photographers like Alec Soth http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/ and Alexander Binder http://alexanderbinder.blogspot.com/ hang up their blogs, as I have found this electronic device increasingly difficult to amuse. My project picks up speed and now outweighs my compulsion to upload my efforts. It becomes a chore to keep the blog current as it is so quickly outdated. As soon as I’ve posted my efforts my curiosity is caught on new vistas, leaving this blogs old hat exulting the mundane. In a culture obsessed with on demand knowledge this blog becomes irrelevant as its stale nature loses the transient audience it sets out to capture. I find this pit fall unfortunate as it shows a stagnant pose that I do not pursue.
In an effort to keep viewers of this blog up to date with my efforts I will post highlights from my journal detailing the last two weeks over the next few posts.
Gracing my ears whilst I write, Dance by Pink Noise Test.