From the very start of Barney Clay’s epic and yet microcosmic fable, there is a sense of human smallness in a vast and uncaring universe. Tristan Bechet’s wildly echoing score recalls the opening scenes of Planet Of The Apes, and we are similarly adrift in a desert landscape (in this case Utah), amongst massive, ancient rocks, beneath an enormous sky. This is not an altogether alien-looking place, however. There are familiar plants, sparse though they may be, and the occasional vulture wheeling overhead. The man (Scott Haze) who we are following is dressed in ordinary clothes and is carrying a light backpack and a camera. He has come out here to photograph an eclipse.
What would lead a man like this off the steady track of life? He is no wilderness explorer looking to get himself lost. He hasn’t even brought a warm jacket. But he’s a nice guy,...
What would lead a man like this off the steady track of life? He is no wilderness explorer looking to get himself lost. He hasn’t even brought a warm jacket. But he’s a nice guy,...
- 6/11/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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