Saturday, 2 November 2024

Enys Men (2022 Mark Jenkin & scr, ph, ed)

A woman on a deserted island wearing a red mac. It's 1973. A Don't Look Now reference? Quite Roegy, but also bears something in common with Images, as the woman appears to be suffering from a breakdown. In fact at one point, the woman is the rock. So maybe she's not there at all. (Actually, the rock isn't there at one point either.)

Jenkin did the sound mix too, which is most creative. It's a striking film, with elements of Cornish folklore thrown in, puzzling and ultimately inconclusive.

'Enys men' means 'stone island', which we experience in intimate detail.




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