Born in 1975, lisandro alonso is one of the more prominent filmmakers to emerge from argentine cinema in the last few years. The synopsis wasnt meant as a criticism, it was simply too difficult to recount the phenomena of this film of a woodcutter where theres no backstory or psychology and. The journey takes him through beautiful landscapes, and reminded me of the cinema of bela tarr. It follows a released prisoner vargas who, convicted of murder years ago, looks for his now adult daughter. Lisandro alonso born 2 june 1975 is an argentine film director and screenwriter. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Through a clearing in the dense jungle, the dead bodies of two young people appear. It follows a released prisoner vargas who, convicted of. Traversing the argentine backcountry, long takes of inordinate beauty coalesce with images of natural horror in lisandro alonsos sophomore feature. This argentinean film maker has completed a minimalist masterpiece on the fringes of cinematographic expression. Lisandro alonso on space, time, illusion and the reflection of desire.
Alonso divides most of the film into very long takes, some elaborately choreographed, others. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. The film is essentially a record of vargass survival, meeting basic needs impassively as they arise. In the opening scene, the cameras eye glides through an antediluvian jungle. Alonso divides most of the film into very long takes, some elaborately. The rest of the film consists of him travelling to his sister, somewhere deep in the jungle in. The two directors are utterly different from one another, true. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the province of corrientes, argentina. Lisandro alonso charts a journey to and from nowhere the. So opens lisandro alonsos elegantly austere investigation of the boundaries between the natural world and the human, and the violence that lurks within them both. In the film, we follow vargas, an exprisoner, on a journey to find his daughter. Wprowadza nas w swiat argentino vargasa bialego prowadzacego w tropikalnym lesie. What this means is he is being given a lot of money to develop a new film in exchange for doing talks and presentations for the festival and the film society.
Viggo mortensen heads to the ends of the earth in lisandro. With argentino vargas, francisco dornez, yolanda galarza, victor varela. He has directed six featurelength films and a short film since 2001 and is loosely associated with the new argentine cinema movement. The lack of answers could feel like a cop out, but left me with a nightmarish feeling of open ended horror. The film is incredibly understated, but never boring, in that its always moving forward. Do this foreign film history viggo mortensen heads to the ends of the earth in lisandro alonso s jauja. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. In the selfsame way that alonsos films might be unfamiliar. Twenty years later, an old man named vargas is released from prison. We know he has killed people, shown in a dreamy and haunting opening sequence. While a film student in buenos aires, alonso spent time alone on country land owned by his father and. Born in buenos aires in 1975, lisandro alonso studied film at the universidad del cine fuc. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a.
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the prvince of corrientes, argentina. But the movie doesnt pursue the story in the expected way. The lead character, vargas, is simply moving towards where he wants to go, first to deliver a letter one of the inmates left behind gives him for his daughter, and then to find his own grown daughter. The lead character, vargas, is simply moving towards where he wants to go, first to deliver a letter one of the inmates left behind gives him for his daughter, and then to. He wanders into a gigantic building, one hosting a cinema as well. To get there, he must cross great distances in a small boat on the rivers, scoring deep into the jungle.
You must sign in to add this film to your playlist. Vargas journey is slow and contemplative though alonso refuses to externalize his psychology, making much of the film s events openended and impressionistic. After serving thirty years in prison, a grim man named vargas journeys back through thick jungle and swamp to reunite with the daughter he left behind long ago. At the very least he has become a favorite on the international film. Acclaimed filmmaker lisandro alonso s first feature is a key film of the new argentine cinema, a loose movement of filmmakers that directly and obliquely deal with argentinas troubled history and its place in the modern world. Zoals alonso zelf heeft gezegd in een interview op het iffr. The facets dvd is a sadly weak transfer of this very striking looking film, but its probably your. Not only because he is the only director who could really make me sleep within the course of a film and his films arent very long. This stunning second feature film by the argentine director lisandro alonso has a relatively simple plot.
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