18 / November
2009
Sweet reviewed by Femke Sleegers
This film makes a mark for intuitive filmmaking. No script, no concept. And yet, there it is: a film like a dream, that makes sense all the same.
The film is unlike anything you’ve ever seen, but because the filmmaker lures you step by step, shot by shot into this unknown world, all feels in a strange way familiar.
The only moment I was not able to go along with the film, was near the end, with the screenshots of the news. I felt that it was not in place, because unlike the rest of the film, I DID see seemingly meaningful screenshots of the news before, in other films. It felt like a breach with the originality of the film.
But that’s just a detail. Just a few shots. As for the rest of the film: Every shot is both logical and a-logical, rational and irrational. It’s a film you can watch over and over and still see things you did not see before. Thanks to a perfect mix of animation techniques, clever filming and most and for all: outstanding editing, on a piece of music that seems to be written for the film, instead of the other way around.
Matthieu Cherubini is an artist who speaks the language of both art and cinema. That’s a rare but strong combination of talents.
Femke Sleegers
The film is unlike anything you’ve ever seen, but because the filmmaker lures you step by step, shot by shot into this unknown world, all feels in a strange way familiar.
The only moment I was not able to go along with the film, was near the end, with the screenshots of the news. I felt that it was not in place, because unlike the rest of the film, I DID see seemingly meaningful screenshots of the news before, in other films. It felt like a breach with the originality of the film.
But that’s just a detail. Just a few shots. As for the rest of the film: Every shot is both logical and a-logical, rational and irrational. It’s a film you can watch over and over and still see things you did not see before. Thanks to a perfect mix of animation techniques, clever filming and most and for all: outstanding editing, on a piece of music that seems to be written for the film, instead of the other way around.
Matthieu Cherubini is an artist who speaks the language of both art and cinema. That’s a rare but strong combination of talents.
Femke Sleegers