Cannes Review: Mark Jenkin’s ‘Enys Men’

2019 movie by Mark Jenkin Bait After the BFI released a humble piece of art, it had the rare distinction of being a true blue find, which largely landed it in the UK’s Critics of the Year list. Highlighting the experimental style of black-and-white film in press coverage, it selected avant-garde auteurs such as Stan Brahag, Derek Jarman, and Guy Medin, all of whom were interested in straight film and video granules. and then the image is manually distorted). Add some post-sync audio and you’ve got a movie that’s more likely to show two people and a dog in a smoky, talkative 1960s movie club than win a BAFTA.

Despite its formal difficulties, Bait It had a very traditional narrative, that of a Cornish fisherman who saw his town gentrified after selling his house in several wealthy rural areas. menJenkin’s record-breaking biweekly directors here at Cannes are actually a harder sell, despite being up to date on color and on a much higher budget; There is only one main character and everything that happens to him is a kind of fantasy. I liked it BaitIt’s pretty combative (which has its perks), but here are some key ideas and tips that make it even mastered in gender circles.

Jumping the gun, Jenkin describes his movie as “a lost Cornish folk horror movie” that saved everyone a lot of time. Originally unknown fashion in the 1970s with films like straw man Y blood in the devil’s clawsSince then, popular horror has grown exponentially as a cultural testing stone, particularly among British directors like Ben Whitley, Peter Strickland, Corinne Hardy, and the creative team behind the BBC’s cult series. number 9 inside.

Central to the popular fear thesis is the idea that nature is omnipotent and absolutely unknowable; Therefore, there are more than a few popular horrors, often pulling rational people out of the comfort zone of civilization and leaving them at the mercy of absolute priority. Power – cross like psychedelia men Make.

Unusually, Jenkin’s film focuses on a woman (Mary Woodwine), who is named in recent subtitles and only there voluntarily. What did you volunteer for? It’s hard to say. The daily routine we see in hypnotic replays includes checking the weather, plant life, and rituals involving an unused mine shaft, possibly sea level.

The island is deserted, but there are pagan stones that radiate pre-natural energy, and the volunteer begins to sense the presence of a mountain community that has long disappeared. At the same time, he keeps track of moments from his past and has visions of what could happen; Not surprisingly, he wears the dazzling red raincoat known from the movie Nicholas Roge. don’t look nowAn important fictional film, with a provocative combination of past, present and future.

Roger is just one of the few films that has surpassed its director as a man of a certain age (mid-40s). men It’s just filled with information that Jenkin may or may not have consciously used (the visual style is reminiscent of public information movies), and it’s unlikely Cornwall didn’t know it was the location of the Hammer cooler in 1966. zombie plagueThis includes Haiti’s voodoo cornfield tin mine.

Numerous literary echoes can also be found, mostly from children’s fiction books. mariana dreams charlotte times Y owl serviceAnd thanks to the internet, we can also put aside the once-lost 1976 HTV series. children of stones ANYONE hammer house of terror Section “Two Sides of Evil” in the mix

Does not mean men It is the pastiche of these elements, evoking them all the more: the multimedia equivalent of the sound barrier and the immersive experience is made even more engaging by the sparing use of ambient noise and folk music. When it’s over, Jenkin’s movie leaves an intriguing feeling that the real movie has just begun. disturbing; It’s a very satisfying feeling, both unexpected and strange.