Incipit: Rogelio didn't realize that he was dead, and escaped from the grave. Epilogue: I didn't heard anymore from him since my wife incinerated me.
In the tradition of the realismo magico, Arriaga shows death in a Mexican way, it is to say- very alive. With a rapid editing of clips-cliché, all the narration is supported by a voice over who is not the one of the protagonist who is already dead from the beginning. This gives a highly contemporary focus and rhythm on the macabre story. In the picture and in the story the world of the dead is contaminated by the one of the living (consume, sex) and vice-versa. But that can only happened in the traditional Mexican cult of dead, because if you are incinerated in the modern way you will not interact with the living. Arriaga says that the power of life is almost everywhere.
In the tradition of the realismo magico, Arriaga shows death in a Mexican way, it is to say- very alive. With a rapid editing of clips-cliché, all the narration is supported by a voice over who is not the one of the protagonist who is already dead from the beginning. This gives a highly contemporary focus and rhythm on the macabre story. In the picture and in the story the world of the dead is contaminated by the one of the living (consume, sex) and vice-versa. But that can only happened in the traditional Mexican cult of dead, because if you are incinerated in the modern way you will not interact with the living. Arriaga says that the power of life is almost everywhere.
