Decasia (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Short #1 extract: Decasia (2002)

An interesting film. Sometimes beautiful. Sometimes quite unsettling. Ultimately, it drags on far too long with painful pacing. The worst element of this Decasia, however, is certainly the soundtrack. I don't understand the choice to play constantly disturbing music - even over imagery that seems joyful or placid. It's starts out confusing, becomes jarring and is eventually monotonous and banal. 

If you want to see a film that uses decayed, fractured and destroyed footage, check out Tscherkassky's work; with this approach he creates narratives with a unique cinematic language (that don't last too long).