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- 2009
- Yleisradio (YLE)
- 1 h 1 m
- 2009
- Yleisradio (YLE)
- 1 h 1 m
Summary Where is Where? is an experimental film that quarters the screen in order to have four different scenes play simultaneously. It's a meditation on the Algerian war that culminates in a brutal killing.
Directed By: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Written By: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
- 2009
- Yleisradio (YLE)
- 1 h 1 m
- 2009
- Yleisradio (YLE)
- 1 h 1 m
Where Is Where?
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Summary Where is Where? is an experimental film that quarters the screen in order to have four different scenes play simultaneously. It's a meditation on the Algerian war that culminates in a brutal killing.
Directed By: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Written By: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
64
75% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Far more deserving of the hoopla Mike Figgis received for his single-take, multicamera drama "Timecode" (2000), Finnish visual artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s experimental narrative truly pushes forward the possibilities of split-screen cinema.
Like a moving cubist painting, Where is Where? is created to confuse, and yet inspire. With the combination of silent stock footage, and sparse theatrical settings the film may seem very long to some, even if it is only an hour. Making it to the end, however, is very rewarding if you are willing to put in the effort.
Anyone looking for some idiosyncratic, visually stimulating entertainment this week could do worse than Where Is Where?, an intriguing narrative experiment by the Finnish artist and filmmaker Eija-Liisa Ahtila.
Ultimately, the film attempts to confront its vague ideas with a self-contained bit of narrative, whose neat rendering clashes with, but fails to make sense of, the messiness of what came before.
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