Vera
by Francisco Athi?
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Actor: Marco Antonio Arzate, Urara KusanagiDirector: Francisco Athi?
Brand: MPI
Audio: Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Cinemateca
Movie Reviews of Vera
Movie Review: Rough-edged elegance, baffling eloquence
Summary: 4 Stars
A cryptic quest through - well, I'm not quite sure what. But I like it.
Old Juan makes his living the hard way, by pulling it a handful at a time from the living stone of the mountain. Each day, he trudges up to his ramshackle pulleys, and hoists himself down into a trembling crevice of fear and hope. Hope for the ore that will pay his way in the world, fear of death and darkness if his pick breaks through that one crucial support. On this day, his hope comes true - he sees that streak of mineral color he's sought all these years.
And his fears come true. He is buried, his body broken under tons of boulders, and his unconsciousness outlasted his lamp. But then, he gets up, he works his way along the clear passages, deeper into the stone. He encouters a not-quite-human being, one who shifts in shape, color, and face, and who leads him on a quest with no goal. When she shows him her heart, he sees deeply into it, and beyond - into the world of literal truth, perhaps? Much in this movie is Latin American, especially the mix of New World pagan and Spanish Catholicism. Some is uniquely Mexican, including a dance with death - sensual, driving, and as stylized as Bergman's chess game.
As much as I like this movie, it's decidedly mixed. It's visually intense, but with a sound track that adds little. Even if you don't know Spanish, the handful of subtitles don't clarify much. The filming and effects are decidedly low-budget, but used carefully. Sometimes they even convey the formal rigor of a waltz, danced on a rubble floor in jeans and rags. And, for all the personal passion and articulate vision that drove this movie, this DVD transfer is technically flawed to an uncomfortable degree. Edges blur, framing has peculiar moments, and finer points of color seem unreliable. Be warned, the technically fussy viewer will find this a waste of attention. But, if you attend to the Juan and just a bit of a world we can't normally see, it's unforgettable.
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Summary of Vera
Juan, an older man of Mayan ancestry, falls victim to a mining accident and embarks on a hallucinatory journey in a Yucatan underground cave world. He is guided along by Vera, an attenuated blue spirit. Through an entirely unique series of visual transformations, Juan is catapulted at once into the realm of Mayan mysticism and visions of the future. Overflowing with a pantheon of religious imagery through exquisite cinematography and seamlessly integrated computer animation, this visionary film opens up a world of narrative forms for generations of filmmakers to come.Art House & International DVD Video
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