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Movie Reviews of Aftermath/Genesis
Movie Review: OF LOVE AND DEATH
Summary: 5 Stars
This is definately one of the best editions I've ever held in my hands. Short films are not a commercial product and don't bring their creators lots of money but here's an idea how to make them profitable - make such DVDs, because for every movie there is a fan.
This edition contains a load of bonus-features so you can get a full perspective of Nacho Cerda's work. As I see it Cerda is extremely talented filmmaker and we may expect some masterpieces from him in future. His first short feature "Awakening" is only 6 minutes long and not of a much interest but is very good for a student work, don't skip it. The second - "Aftermath" which everyone has been waiting for and which is the reason this DVD saw the light - is utterly gory and repulsive. While watching I was asking myself: why anyone would want to make such a movie? Although I wanted to see it for many years because I'm interested in such macabre themes. First "Aftermath" seems to be a pure exploitation film but closer to the end you start getting Cerda's idea. It's not that simple and exploitative as it seems - it's the ultimate insight into death and post-living experience in general. Don't take the name of the film for granted - take a minute to think about it. The point is there's no post-living experience and there's no death, because death is nothing. It's a void. And I think the movie is not about necrophile-pathologist, the main characters are cadavers, and "Aftermath" is dedicated to them. I once observed an autopsy live and I must say it's quite an uneasy sight. Not because of all that flesh-slitting and gore and guts. But because in that room you feel that life has stopped there. There's just no life in an autopsy-room. And bodies lying there are not people anymore. And pathologists handle them so harshly the only thought that comes to your mind is: I don't want to end up here where these butchers will treat you like a piece of meat. And I was always wondering: how do pathologists menage to deal with people normally, not like with chunks of meat, after they spend all day long with those chunks? Anyway I'm sure you'll have plenty food for thought after watching this short film.
"Genesis" is a brilliant picture. Just awesome. Extremely beautiful, sad and majestic. The colors, the cinematography, the music - everything works for it. There's not a single word in the film (as well as in "Aftermath") but you don't feel like you need them. As Nacho Cerda says in an interview: "Silence is golden". "Genesis" is an enchanting masterpice and it's no surprise it got so many prizes and awards. A truly heartbreaking film about love and what love can do. I really felt like sobbing at the end.
So if not take "Awakening" it's a two-film edition, both movies are great although very different, both deal with love and death, I'm sure you'll love one of them and maybe both. This DVD is definately worth its money, and even if I thought it would be amuzing, I was taken by surprise because I never could guess it would be so great.
Senor Cerda, I can't wait for your full-length "Bloodline" which is to be released next year!
Movie Review: Over rated gore, but thoughtful moviettes
Summary: 5 Stars
This trio of Death--actually you do have to watch all three versions to get the picture. The first story is about a guy who dies in class, and what may happen to you once your spirit leaves your body. Who knows? It's a short movie...well, perhaps..
The second-which made this trio famous-is aftermath. It's what can happen to your body once your spirit leaves this world. An autopsy is done, and the corpse stabbed repeatedly. then the guy has intercourse with the body. Not one word is said in this whole skit, but you really don't notice that. The facial features make up for the lack of voice. Actually the "corpse" he rapes is a plastic dummy, and you can tell it's a plastic dummy, with cheap plastic hair. The cheapness of this dummy kind of removed the "creepiness" of the movie. I didn't find it particularly "gross out". (THe only movie that made me make wreching sounds like I was about to vomit was Salo. I was also appalled by the "Guinae Pig" which was a japanese gore film series, and Kichiku, which was a work of pure genius and awesome in every way). Aftermath did nothing to me in terms of grossing me out . I guess it had to do with the cheap looking dummy corpse made of plastic and cheap hair. But the question is--WHAT CAN happen to your body after death...not that it matters, but dead men tell no tales....this is what makes you think.
THe third moviette was kind of slow that this dude's wife is killed and he mournes carving a likeness of his dead wife...until it starts bleeding and he slowly turns into a statue while his creation turns into flesh and blood. It's in fact a symbolic thing of what extreme grief can do to a living being and turn him into something dead due to the magnitude of pure sadness: He loses his own life from excessive mourning. It is what happens to loved ones, that "survivors".
Movie Review: I bought it for Aftermath
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw a degenerated copy of Aftermath some 7 or 8 years ago. When I was digging around for a copy on DVD in September of this year and found it here I was in heaven. Yes, it is gory, yes it is about necrophilia, yes it is about a man who loves his dog. I always say that when I describe this film because to me it is all about power, desire, and the stark contrasts of one man's life. The clean, final, and very clinical world our medical examiner deals with everyday is the opposite of the very visceral longings that he must succumb to by the "money shot" of the film. Even his home is very clean and orderly, the only disorder is in himself. With no dialog in the film and most of his face covered by a surgical mask everything is expressed in the eyes. The long looks, the anger, the violence, the want and need, even the satisfaction. It is visually a treat and I think one of those gore gems every fan should watch with someone they love. Personally I took it to a party at a friend's house, who had built his own personal theatre. We started with a packed house and ended with three people (by the by, party poppers at the right moment will make people jump out of their skin).Movie Review: Worth every penny for Aftermath alone
Summary: 5 Stars
If you appreciate purely gore films then Aftermath is for you!!! I keep reading reviews that "it is too predictable" or "it wasn't long enough" but gore does not need length to be effective, and as far as being predictable, Amazon spells out the whole 30 minutes for you in the plot summary. These people are most likely not into just pure gore. There is no dialogue just a classical score and it worked perfectly. Plenty of gore to go around in this 30 minute blood bath. What better setting for a gore film than a coroner's lab? My only problem with the film is that the necrophilia scene in my opinion could have been more explicit. If you enjoy such quality film making as the the Guinea Pig Collection (the gorier films such as Flower of Flesh and Blood, Mermaid in a Manhole, etc.) then this film is for you.
Genesis was intersting, the Awakening was simply put, a student film, but I purchased this for Aftermath alone.
Movie Review: you will be affected.... for the rest of your life.
Summary: 5 Stars
i went and saw this movie a cople of years ago,i went to a cinema that plays weird movies to see nekromantik and they had a special screening for
this movie called afthermath.I had never heard of this movie and was...
very pleased with this movie ! 1st, this movie has no dialogue, the musique
is classical (not my type) but very good.Mr Cerda is a very good filmaker,
the movie is like 30 minutes but its ok that way.The gore in this movie
is something you will never forget ! and wath this guy does to the cadavre
at the end....... you wont beleave your eyes !!!! This came out in like in 1997 and the dvd , almost 10 years latter is worth every penny !! Plenty of xtra, pakaging is a+, go buy it now !!!!!!