Once again, Godfrey Reggio is up to his old visual tricks, abreast his old cinematic partner, composer Philip Glass.
You'll recall, Reggio had taken a respite from film for some 10 years, only to resurface with Visitors--a tour-de-force lacking any dialogue that remains a "confrontational meditation on the influence of technology in human life."
With an original score by Glass, Visitors presents cinema as a window into our conscience.
It opens with a female Lowland gorilla, Triska, who stares blankly, yet intently at the camera, fully present and hyper-aware. This is juxtaposed with a close-up of individuals and their unconscious gaze, directed at an absent viewer.
Snarky, perhaps, but clever and unnerving are probably better choices.
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