Saturday, October 09, 2004
Horror movie? Comedy (black)? Badly concealed Jesus-analogy? Meditation on the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit? Theatre of the absurd?
Calvaire is all of the above, yet none completely. Raindance is almost over, but for me it started yesterday with a film that I, as a non-horror buff, found in equal parts funny, confusing and disturbing (and a bit long, but, you know, whatever). Amid bestiality, buggery, cruxifictions and the most amusing/just plain odd bar scene I have seen in a long time, there is a story of loneliness and loss and I just really liked it (although I am still feeling weird).
I shall never, I tell you, never, live in the south of Belgium.
And last night, just past midnight, I saw a fox in the parking lot. He looked me right in the eye and quickly ran away.
I like that we have foxes here, a sign of the leafy area we live in, reminding us that there is still a purity in nature that you don't have to get outside zone 2 to find.
Calvaire is all of the above, yet none completely. Raindance is almost over, but for me it started yesterday with a film that I, as a non-horror buff, found in equal parts funny, confusing and disturbing (and a bit long, but, you know, whatever). Amid bestiality, buggery, cruxifictions and the most amusing/just plain odd bar scene I have seen in a long time, there is a story of loneliness and loss and I just really liked it (although I am still feeling weird).
I shall never, I tell you, never, live in the south of Belgium.
And last night, just past midnight, I saw a fox in the parking lot. He looked me right in the eye and quickly ran away.
I like that we have foxes here, a sign of the leafy area we live in, reminding us that there is still a purity in nature that you don't have to get outside zone 2 to find.
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