Review of Woman in the Dunes (1964) by Sean H — 14 May 2014
Neorealism and avant garde film make a bizarre marriage in this engrossing film. A man is thrown into a sandpit with a woman living in a house where she spends her nights digging up the sand to prevent being buried by the constantly-shifting sand.
Sound interesting? I didn't think so either. Yet I found this oddly hypnotic and rather tragic in the end. The director, whose art of choice was sculpture before film, conveys the textures of skin, sand, and water brilliantly. It's like watching an ASMR video on Valium.
This review of Woman in the Dunes (1964) was written by Sean H on 14 May 2014.
Woman in the Dunes has generally received very positive reviews.
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