I still haven't waded through SONY's 11 4K disc 30th Anniversary box set but as always, I should've waited. It's NOW 52% off @ AmazonUS [about $13 per 4K disc]
At ease!
That the protagonist survived an 'elongated' hanging, a nose dive plane crash, inhumane beatings and 'horrific' shrapnel wounds was a bit MUCH! But it was nonetheless entertaining.....
Ahhhh, they got me with this one.
Me too! I forgot to sign up for that initial founders deal when they first started and have been meaning to try it ever since.
Did you like it? Would you watch it again? I’ve been on the fence and the same with “The Eight Mountains.”Last night I watched Criterion's new Janus Films release of GODLAND [2022] from Icelandic director Hylnur Palmason, a 143 minute study of a Priest who in the late nineteenth century sought to establish a church on the barren, remote southeastern Icelandic coast. In lieu of sailing to the island, Father Lucas chose to trek to the location with his box camera and capture the landscape and rugged denizens through photographs, never realizing the perilous journey would almost cost him his life. The images and immersive sparse sound design are stunning and Godland was photographed as if through the image Lucas observed through the lens of his primitive box camera [example below of actual screen image].
Criterion includes only a recent 17 minute interview with director Palmason who explains his approach to his sprawling meditation on religion, the insanity of a fragile being in search of fulfilling an almost impossible ambition and the psychological hardships endured along the way.
[1080p/DTS~HD MA 5.1/Aspect ratio: as shown below] Recommended .....
The pacing is a bit lethargic but the images are amazing ... the story unfolds at a snail's pace and the ending's a bit abrupt and perplexing and leaves one to wonder the director's ultimate intent.
