A hunter in a remote and idyllic forest stumbles on a make shift tent fashioned from sheets of plastic and containing the mummified remains of a corpse. A detailed journal found on site reveals the man committed suicide by self-imposed starvation. Who was this man? Why did he kill himself in such a manner? Inspired by this true event and by the novella 'Until I Am a Mummy' by Shimada Masahiko, Insects sensuously evokes the mysterious man's last days.... (Full plot summary below)
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A hunter in a remote and idyllic forest stumbles on a make shift tent fashioned from sheets of plastic and containing the mummified remains of a corpse. A detailed journal found on site reveals the man committed suicide by self-imposed starvation. Who was this man? Why did he kill himself in such a manner? Inspired by this true event and by the novella 'Until I Am a Mummy' by Shimada Masahiko, Insects sensuously evokes the mysterious man's last days.
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| Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSurprisingly not macabre, this fictionalized record of self-aggrandizement through self-destruction reminds one of Derek Jarman's Blue in its epistolary delivery and its displacement of meaning to that which is never really shown. |
| New York TimesRachel SaltzThe narrator's calm recitation quickly progresses from interesting to irritating to oppressive. |
| User ReviewDrew Mheavy.dark, twisty wow. unique psychological study |
| User ReviewJustin Tbefore watching this find out about the buddhist Mummies. Obviously that's a bigger influence on the narration then the other person. He's the connecting point. |
| User ReviewChristopher Ea haunting atmospheric account of one man's suicide by starvation over a 52 day period. based upon a novel which in turn was based upon a true event, it serves as a meditative reverie that takes the.viewer to death's doorstep. |
| User ReviewMelissa DThe film isn't the best well produced, filmed or even narrated, but there is something about it that's mesmerizing and it stays with you long after you have left the theater. |
| User ReviewDiana NNot a movie for everyone. I think it's good for people who like audiobooks, because it's a movie for the ears... And if you wanna now what a person thinks/feels when he starves to dead... |
| User ReviewRegan CAtmospheric and impressionistic. The mummy-to-be is thoughtful but vague, almost too vague. The secret of success lay in the drama. Yes, you read correctly: drama. Although, how the filmaker manages to extend the "action" as long as he did is a mystery in itself. I think the work is masterful in that it got me to go along for the ride and I was involved, for the most park. One thing that bothers me is the nagging suspicion that this "true" story is a fake after all. |
| User ReviewSteven MGood idea, but very poorly executed. The story is incredible and comes through to an extent, but inappropriate music and images ruin the occasional haunting effect. Actual images and more documentary-style parts would've been much more potent. |
