The Village Voice, July 5th, 2006
Guernsey
Written and directed by Nanouk Leopold
July 7 through 14
Museum of the Moving Image
Rigor Mortis
Grave Dutch mopefest a little too restrained
The plan of attack embodied by the new Dutch film Guernsey is familiar, particularly to aficionados of Tsai Ming-liang, Jia Zhangke, and late Gus Van Sant: carefully controlled mid-distance compositions, yardages of sullen noncommunication, stingy scene-by-scene explication of setting, time frame, and character. Existentialist despair is a given. One can understandably respond to this schema in one of three ways: awed appreciation for rigo...
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