Las Aradas
- 1984
- 8m
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Positively chilling
I saw this piece of work in a film production class, and I found it absolutely chilling. By using a single shot of a beach on the Sumpul river, the site of the massacre in Las Aradas, El Salvador, Janis Lundman emphasises the absolute horror of the massacre with the beauty of the landscape. This, to me, made a pretty powerful statement about humankind, and the kind of power we have to transform a peaceful site into just the opposite.
As a work of art, it is impressive and virtuous, but I think the real power of this piece comes from the statement it makes about art, humanity and war. I find it quite amazing that a short 8-minute, single-take documentary like this one could, in the end, be many times more violent than a blood-fest such as 'Kill Bill'.
As a work of art, it is impressive and virtuous, but I think the real power of this piece comes from the statement it makes about art, humanity and war. I find it quite amazing that a short 8-minute, single-take documentary like this one could, in the end, be many times more violent than a blood-fest such as 'Kill Bill'.
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- Tonyboy
- Oct 15, 2003
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