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They capture the wind, the water, the mud, the crunching earth, the murmurations of birds.
But it also reminds us that movies sometimes need more than just technical razzle dazzle.
Did he show up because Darcy inadvertently stepped into a faerie circle made of mushrooms?
Is he an expression of the couples lightly-hinted-at desire to have a child?
This is where things start to fall apart.
We get very little insight into these characters, and even less development.
The movie does have a lot to say about repression and burial.
You cant really call it subtext, because the film literally screeches it at us from minute one.
Honestly, the picture is full of lines like this.
Sound is the invisible shadow of an energy exchange … a memory carved into the air.
Noise is the oldest of gods.
When you hear a sound, you become its home.
I think my favorite is With your eyes, you enter the world.
With your ears, the world enters you.
(If you do see it, see it in a theater.)
Director Chaney clearly has a lot of skill and talent.
