★★★☆☆ Chronicling the daily rigmarole within a German crematorium, Thomas Heise's Consequence (Gegenwart, 2012) is a muted observation of a process many of us know very little about. Considerate, yet in no way eulogising of the dead, Heise's clinical documentary often manages to evoke a rather confusing sense of joie de vivre. The monotony of the working day has rarely been presented quite so joylessly as it is here. We watch on as coffins have their precious metals prised off, bodies are checked against burial records, machinery is maintained and floors scrubbed, all with the same essential monotony.
It's not often that phrases like 'load', 'grind' and 'dump' appear on-screen with such impassive connotations, but this morbid procedural undeniably manages to get under your skin, turning that initial sense of curiosity into a furtively invigorating experience. Consequence's lack of dialogue and its conceivable attempts to delve into the mindset of the...
It's not often that phrases like 'load', 'grind' and 'dump' appear on-screen with such impassive connotations, but this morbid procedural undeniably manages to get under your skin, turning that initial sense of curiosity into a furtively invigorating experience. Consequence's lack of dialogue and its conceivable attempts to delve into the mindset of the...
- 6/29/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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