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The Sickness Is Coming or, The Blind Man's Television (2009)
The Sickness is Coming
I liked the atmosphere - It was quite despondent, quite tense in places. I loved the general feel of it - the colours and landscapes, lots of greys, the sea, the absence of a real civilization - only a dying one. the concept of the last ever film is nice. The casting was good, Jinx and the Sacheen worked really well together. I have a bit of a thing for the sea, seaside towns and such - the idea of something that was once prosperous and exciting reduced to something desolate and lonely, and the fact that sanding on a British beach, you just look out at a vast expanse of brooding nothingness. There was a feel of resignation about the film, the characters had little enthusiasm for the world they inhabited. A good touch was the occasional inserted animation, gave it a dreamlike feeling, and a sense there is more to the scenes than the obvious. I can't decide which audio narrative I preferred, they both had different effects for sure but both worked in their own way. maybe the Russian one shaded it...
overall i really enjoyed, it seems like a really promising start for future projects and i'm quite excited to see how the next one turns out..