A loveless marriage personified through a hypnotic formalist framework in which abstraction evinces the film's underlying thematic intent. Exhibits the cruelest perspective on domestication under a patriarchal society, one in which femininity is commodified for social gain and emotionally subjugated to the whims of its oppressor - her husband - who profits off of their externally perceived status in which he himself provides no emotional labor in return. Dura's employs both static compositions and free-flowing camera movements which enunciate the stasis of this character who is a ghost in her own life. The way the camera navigates the spaces of this grandiose villa - the restrictive material structures of the hallways and various enclaves of the architectural floor plan become symbolic of this woman's emotional state, she is nothing more than an object, a novelty for her husband's social perception/status. Her life exudes decadence but is void of meaning or autonomy. The film features no plotting or narrative yet through its series of encounters the film reveals the layers of this woman's emotional destitute and the events which shaped her current psyche. Through a series of interactions she has with individuals who know her husband, the viewer begins to realize how deep the abyss goes - these strangers are intermediaries, having more knowledge of her husband and his actions than her, his own wife.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorLove of all things cinema brought me here. Archives
June 2023
|