Review of Japón (2003) by Edgar C — 31 Dec 2012
A breathtaking masterpiece among those that perfectly and radically separate audiences: we, the immortal, from the mortal mainstream ones, hahaha!
Reygadas, in the tradition of Tarkovsky, admits that his arguments are way too complex and pretentious regarding the general perception. Nevertheless, he has tremendous guts, because, just like Tsai Ming-liang, he dares to show life through an avant-garde scope and the resulting branches are tremendous and hard-to-digest meditations on life.
Japón is the perfect modern essay on society's alienation and existentialist escapisms. What is the real solution today for the one that does not find his/her place? Nothingness. Oblivion. Once or twice, even the most opulent, have been there, and once we get out of that realm, there's a temptation that pushes us to go back.
All in all, Reygadas is not transmitting his message to modern generations; he is waiting for the next ones to appreciate it. That's what a genius does, and that's why geniuses are never recognized in their respective eras.
97/100.
This review of Japón (2003) was written by Edgar C on 31 Dec 2012.
Japón has generally received positive reviews.
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